Haim Starkman (; born in

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, July 11, 1944) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard position. He played in the

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, and for the

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Biography

Starkman is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall. He played for 12 years in the

for Maccabi Ramat Gan and

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(for whom Starkman was captain). He later coached in the league, for Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ramat Gan. He is a member of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Hall of Fame. Starkman played on the

in the 1964 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, 1966 Asian Games Basketball Championship (winning a

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), 1967 European Championship for Men, 1968 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, 1969 European Championship for Men, 1970 Asian Games Basketball Championship (winning a

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), and 1971 European Championship for Men,. After his basketball career, Starkman worked in the insurance industry as an

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. As of 1999, his brother Ike (Yitzhak) Starkman owned 45% of a

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public company that owned a California restaurant chain

Jerry's Famous Deli Jerry's Famous Deli was a chain of Jewish delicatessens. The original deli was founded in Studio City, California, in 1978 by Isaac Starkman and Jerry Seidman. The CEO was Starkman's son, Guy Starkman. There was a single similar location, Jerry's ...

, with 11 branches in and around Los Angeles, specializing in Jewish delicacies.

References

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