Eyal Yaffe (; born January 15, 1960) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard position, and competed in the

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Biography

Yaffe is from

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, and is Jewish. His father is Moshe Yaffe of

Ramat Efal Ramat Ef'al () is a neighborhood of Ramat Gan in central Israel. Previously part of Ef'al Regional Council, in 2007 it was transferred to the municipality of Ramat Gan together with Kfar Azar. History Ef'al was planned as an urban kibbutz, but ...

, Israel. He is tall. He served three years in the

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. He graduated from Canisius College with a master of business administration degree. In 1991 he married Sarina Gullo in Buffalo, New York. He became a

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, and has worked for

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Consumer Markets in

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, California, since 1990.

Basketball career

He played for Israel in the 1977 FIBA European Championship for Cadets (Under-16). Yaffe played for

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in the

. The highlight was his playing for the Maccabi Tel Aviv team that won the

1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup The 1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 20th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Pionir Hall, in Belgrade, Yugo ...

. In the semifinals, Maccabi Tel Aviv beat the Russian Red Army team 91 to 79. In 1982 Yaffe played amateur basketball in

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. Yaffe attended

Canisius College Canisius University is a private Jesuit university in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 ma ...

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. Because he had played basketball in Europe, and given his age (22 years old), he was required to forfeit one year of eligibility. The Canisius coaching staff therefore

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ed Yaffe in 1982–83, intending to have him begin his career the next fall. However, he missed the 1983–84 season with an injury."Black Bears Can't Hold on, Lost to Canisius, 58-52,"
''The Daily Maine Campus'', February 11, 1986 He then played basketball for the

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in 1984–86. He was given the 1985 Canisius College Cage Club Unsung Hero Award."Canisius Sports Hall of Fame"
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Biography

Basketball career

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