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Ralph Klein

Sport: Basketball
Inducted: 2025
Country: Israel
Born: July 29, 1931
Died: August 7, 2008
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Ralph Klein was known as “Mr. Basketball” in Israel. He starred for Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning eight Super League national championships and six State Cups in the 1950s and ‘60s. As a member of Israel’s national basketball team, he played in the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1954 World Cup. Named head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1969, his teams won 10 Israeli Super League championships, nine Israel State Cups, and the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) championship of the 1976-77 season. As head coach of the national team, Klein won a silver medal at the 1979 EuroBasket. He was later head coach of the West German national team. Klein was awarded the Israel Prize for sport in 2006.

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