Abraham Shneior (alternate spellings: "Avraham" and "Schneior", "Shneur", "Shneor", "Schneor", or "Shaneir";

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: אברהם שניאור; December 9, 1928 – February 24, 1998) was an Israeli

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player and

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. During his

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playing career, Shneior was the Israeli Premier League's Top Scorer in 1954. Shneior also represented Israel's national team at the 1952 Helsiniki Summer Olympic Games.

Club career

Shneior, who was born in

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, played

basketball with

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, of the

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. During his time with Maccabi, he was the

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of the team.

National team career

Shneior competed for the senior men's Israeli national team. He was the first

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of Israel's national team. He was a part of the

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team in

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, at the age of 23. He was the flag bearer for Team Israel at the Olympics. In the Olympic Basketball Tournament, the Israeli national team came in tied for 20th place, after losing to the

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, by a score or 57–47, in a game in which he scored 8 points, and losing to

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, by a score of 54–52, in a game in which he scored 12 points. When he competed in the Olympics he was tall. He won a silver medal with Team Israel in the 1953 Maccabiah Games. He was also on the Israeli national team in the

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, in which he led the team with an average of 10.8 points per game, and Israel came in 8th place out of 12 teams. While playing for Israel at the 1953 FIBA EuroBasket, he averaged 9.7 points per game, and while playing for Israel at the 1959 FIBA EuroBasket, he averaged 4.3 points per game.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing

basketball, Shneior worked as a

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. He was the

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of the Israeli basketball clubs

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Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli professional football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups (1962–63, 1965–66 and 1973–74, 2 ...

, Hapoel Givat Brenner, and Maccabi Petah Tikva.

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