Hubert Roberts (; born January 21, 1961) is an

American-Israeli Israeli Americans () are Americans who are of full or partial Israeli descent. The Israeli-American community, while predominantly Jewish, also includes various ethnic and religious minorities reflective of Israel's diverse demographics. This c ...

former basketball player. He played the center position. He played nine seasons in the

Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Biography

His mother was of

Jewish descent ''Zera Yisrael'' (), also known as ''Zera Kadosh'' (), is a legal category in ''Halakha'' that denotes the blood descendants of Jews who, for one reason or another, are not legally Jewish according to religious criteria. This is usually due to a ...

. Roberts is tall. He played for San Diego University. Roberts played nine seasons in the

for

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 ...

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Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

, and

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. He observed: "I have kids. The atmosphere for child rearing is better here than in 85 percent of the places in the States for blacks."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Hubert Living people American men's basketball players American people of Jewish descent Israeli men's basketball players Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Israeli Basketball Premier League players 1961 births American expatriate basketball people in Israel Centers (basketball) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Israeli people of American descent San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball players 20th-century American sportsmen 20th-century Israeli sportsmen