Zvi Erlich ( he, צבי ארליך; 7 November 1909 – 17 June 1983), also nicknamed Doctor ( he, דוקטור, links=no), was an Israeli

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player and manager. As a player, he played as a

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for

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and the Mandatory Palestine national team. Erlich took part in Mandatory Palestine's last international match against

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in 1940; it was his only international cap.

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Zvi Erlich
at maccabipedia.co.il * 1909 births 1983 deaths Jewish Israeli sportspeople Men's association football outside forwards Men's association football forwards Mandatory Palestine men's footballers Israeli men's footballers Mandatory Palestine men's international footballers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Israeli football managers Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. managers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. managers Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers {{Israel-footy-bio-stub