Tanhum Cohen-Mintz

He was viewed on the tennis court by legendary basketball coach Yehoshua Rozin, who was impressed by his height and athletic abilities.During his club basketball career, he played with Maccabi Tel Aviv.[7][8] He was a starting-five member of the 1964 and 1965 FIBA European Selection All-Star Teams.[3] According to some sources, Tanhum Cohen Mintz is a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1992,[10] but his name appears neither in the list of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees[11] nor in the list of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees.[12] His son, Uri Cohen-Mintz, is also a former basketball player, and he also played for Israel's national team.
Cohen-Mintz (second row, second from the right), with the Israeli national basketball team , 1960
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