Steve Schlachter (; born June 30, 1954) 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 forward and center positions. He competed for 16 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 ...

, and played for the

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Biography

Schlachter's hometown is

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania Plymouth Meeting is a census-designated place (CDP) that straddles Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Plymouth and Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, Whitemarsh Townships in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pe ...

, and he is Jewish. Schlachter is tall, and weighs 240 pounds. He attended

Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School Plymouth Whitemarsh High School is a public high school in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, US. It is part of the Colonial School District. Plymouth Whitemarsh is a public high school in the Philadelphia region, and is accredited by the Middle ...

. Schlachter then attended the

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a Statutory college#Delaware, privately governed, state-assisted Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers f ...

. He played for the

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens are the athletic teams of the University of Delaware (UD) of Newark, Delaware, in the United States. The Blue Hens compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of Division I of the National Collegiat ...

in 1973–76. He made ''

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'', becoming an

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. He played 16 seasons in the

. Schlachter competed between 1977 and 1995 for Israeli teams

Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim'') is an Israeli football club from Ramat Gan and Givatayim. They currently play in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at Rama ...

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

Bnei Herzliya Basket Bnei Herzliya Basket (, lit. ''Sons of Herzliya''), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in central Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball. History The club w ...

. Schlachter played for the

. He competed for it in the 1981 FIBA European Championship for Men, 1983 FIBA European Championship for Men, and 1985 FIBA European Championship for Men.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schlachter, Steve 1954 births Living people 21st-century American Jews American men's basketball players Basketball players from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli men's basketball players Israeli people of American-Jewish descent Jewish American basketball players Jewish Israeli sportspeople Jews from Pennsylvania Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School alumni 20th-century American sportsmen 20th-century Israeli sportsmen