Avraham Palman () was an Israeli footballer, who played for

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv () 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, such as football, basketball, w ...

and

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Biography

Palman started playing football at the age of 10 within the

HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (), most commonly translated as Working and Studying Youth and colloquially known as Noar HaOved and abbreviated No'al (), is an Israeli youth movement, a sister movement of Habonim Dror, and affiliated with the ...

, before moving to

's youth team. In 1937 Palman joined Hapoel HaDarom Tel Aviv, a farm team of Hapoel Tel Aviv. With Hapoel HaDarom, Palman played in the

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cup final, where his team lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv. A year later Palman was promoted to the senior Hapoel team, where he played as winger until he switched positions to defender in 1941. With Hapoel Tel Aviv, Palman won 2

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and 2

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. In 1954, Palman retired from active play, Staying with Hapoel Tel Aviv and was in charge of renovating of Basa Stadium, as well as acting as referee from time to time.The Referees Are Searching for Buchka
Davar, 16 September 1973 Historical Jewish Press

Honours

* League Championships (2): ** 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944–45 (joint championship) *

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(5): **

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...

External links

Palman Avraham
Hapoel Wiki
Avraham (Buchka) Palman or: 25 Years Following Football
Yechiel Arazi, 10 October 1954, Hadshot HaSport (page 6), via archive.football.org.il

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palman, Avraham 1919 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Israeli Jews Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jews from Mandatory Palestine Israeli men's footballers Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Men's association football defenders 20th-century Israeli sportsmen