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Born | Miami Beach, Florida | August 5, 1944||||||||||||||
Died | July 2012 | (aged 67)||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
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High school |
Miami Beach (Miami Beach, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
College | Vanderbilt (1963–1966) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1966: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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Ronald Green (רוני גרין; August 5, 1944 – July 2012) was an American basketball player. He played the forward position. [1] He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.
Green was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and was Jewish. [2] [3] [4] [5] He was raised by Morris and Florence Green. [5] He was 6' 6" (198 cm) tall. [1] His son Erin Green also played professional basketball in Israel. [6]
He attended Miami Beach High School, where Green played on the basketball team from 1960–1962, and was named All-City First Team. [5]
Green attended Vanderbilt University (B.A. in Business Administration, '66; MBA University of Miami , '69), on a full scholarship. [7] [1] [5] He played for the Vanderbilt Commodores from 1963–66. [1] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] In 1964–65, the team won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship. [5]
He played basketball for Team USA in the 1965 Maccabiah Games alongside Tal Brody and Steve Chubin, winning a gold medal, and in the 1969 Maccabiah Games alongside Steve Kaplan, Jack Langer, and Neal Walk, winning a silver medal. [13] [14] [15]
Green played professionally in the Israel Basketball Premier League for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1970–71, averaging 14.1 points per game. [5] [16] [17] He played on the Israeli national basketball team, winning a silver medal with the team at the 1970 Asian Games. [18] In addition, he played in the Italian Professional League. [5]
After playing basketball abroad, and marrying an Israeli nurse, Green returned to Miami to work with Green Brothers Food Brokerage, as well as an account manager with Buitoni and Häagen-Dazs. [5] [19] Green suffered from a rare disease known as multiple system atrophy. [5] Green married Carol Litman, a high school English teacher, in 1983. She cared for him as MSA took his life.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Miami Beach, Florida | August 5, 1944||||||||||||||
Died | July 2012 | (aged 67)||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school |
Miami Beach (Miami Beach, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
College | Vanderbilt (1963–1966) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1966: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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Ronald Green (רוני גרין; August 5, 1944 – July 2012) was an American basketball player. He played the forward position. [1] He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.
Green was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and was Jewish. [2] [3] [4] [5] He was raised by Morris and Florence Green. [5] He was 6' 6" (198 cm) tall. [1] His son Erin Green also played professional basketball in Israel. [6]
He attended Miami Beach High School, where Green played on the basketball team from 1960–1962, and was named All-City First Team. [5]
Green attended Vanderbilt University (B.A. in Business Administration, '66; MBA University of Miami , '69), on a full scholarship. [7] [1] [5] He played for the Vanderbilt Commodores from 1963–66. [1] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] In 1964–65, the team won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship. [5]
He played basketball for Team USA in the 1965 Maccabiah Games alongside Tal Brody and Steve Chubin, winning a gold medal, and in the 1969 Maccabiah Games alongside Steve Kaplan, Jack Langer, and Neal Walk, winning a silver medal. [13] [14] [15]
Green played professionally in the Israel Basketball Premier League for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1970–71, averaging 14.1 points per game. [5] [16] [17] He played on the Israeli national basketball team, winning a silver medal with the team at the 1970 Asian Games. [18] In addition, he played in the Italian Professional League. [5]
After playing basketball abroad, and marrying an Israeli nurse, Green returned to Miami to work with Green Brothers Food Brokerage, as well as an account manager with Buitoni and Häagen-Dazs. [5] [19] Green suffered from a rare disease known as multiple system atrophy. [5] Green married Carol Litman, a high school English teacher, in 1983. She cared for him as MSA took his life.