Yehoshua Rozin ( he, יהושע רוזין; 16 August 1918 – 6 February 2002) was an Israeli basketball coach.
Biography
Rozin was born in
Alexandria, Egypt.
He moved to Israel at the age of six.
He played basketball for
Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1930s and 1940s, beginning at the age of 14.
In 1948, he became the first coach of the
Israel national basketball team
The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...
.
He led it to three European Tournament finals.
Rozin was the first coach of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team and coached it for 18 years, starting in 1953.
During his career he also coached Hapoel Givat-Yagur,
Hapoel Holon, Hapoel
Givat Brenner, Elitzur Tel Aviv,
Hapoel Haifa,
Hapoel Jerusalem,
Maccabi Ramat Gan, and
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...
.
In 1999, Rozin was awarded the
Israel Prize
The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor.
History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
for his contribution to sport.
He died in 2002, at the age of 83.
He was married to Yafa Katzurin (1923-2007).
Hall of Fame
He was Jewish, and in 1992 he was inducted into the
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
See also
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List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
References
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1918 births
2002 deaths
Israeli men's basketball players
Egyptian men's basketball players
Jewish men's basketball players
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. coaches
Israel Prize in sport recipients
Sportspeople from Alexandria
Egyptian basketball coaches
Israeli basketball coaches
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. coaches
Israeli Jews
Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Egyptian Jews
Egyptian emigrants to Israel
Egyptian people of Polish-Jewish descent
Sportspeople from Tel Aviv
People from Tel Aviv