Ryan Lexer (; born March 15, 1976) is an American former basketball player. He played the

power forward The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to center (basketball), centers and are typi ...

and center positions. He played in the

Israeli 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 ...

in 1998 to 2008.

Biography

Lexer is from

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

, where he attended Council Rock High School North, and is Jewish. He is tall. He attended

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('97), and played for the

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from 1994 to 1998. In 1996-97 Lexer was 10th in the

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in free throw percentage, at .743. Lexer played basketball for Team USA in the

1997 Maccabiah Games The 15th Maccabiah Games are primarily remembered for being marred by a Maccabiah bridge collapse, bridge collapse that killed several participants. The Maccabiah had more than 5,000 athletes from 33 countries competing in 36 sports. New sports fo ...

. He played in the

in 1998 to 2008, for

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, Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Hadera, Maccabi Haifa, and Maccabi Petach Tikvah. As of 2020 Lexer was Head of Sales and Business Development at KIDOZ Inc.

References

External links

Facebook page"Keeping online safe with Ryan Lexer of Kidoz,"
podcast, June 5, 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lexer, Ryan 1976 births Living people 21st-century American Jews American men's basketball players Basketball players from Pennsylvania Centers (basketball) Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games Hapoel Holon B.C. players Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Jewish American basketball players Maccabiah Games basketball players for the United States Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Power forwards Basketball players from Philadelphia Towson Tigers men's basketball players Jews from Pennsylvania