Albert Hemmo
| File:ISRAEL BASKETBALL TEAM. R-L 1ST. ROW, A. HEMO.jpg Albert Hemmo (first row, player on right hand side), with the Israeli national team, 1960 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 8, 1934 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Israeli / Egyptian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1954–1981 |
| Coaching career | 1965–1987 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1954–1973 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 1973–1976 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 1976–1979 | Maccabi South Tel Aviv |
| 1980–1981 | Maccabi Ramat Gan |
Coaching | |
| 1965–1967 | Hapoel Gvat |
| 1967–1969 | Maccabi Ramat Gan |
| 1969–1970 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 1970–1973 | Hapoel Megido |
| 1973–1975 | Israel |
| 1975 | Hapoel Gvat |
| 1978–1979 | Elitzur Tel Aviv |
| 1979–1980 | Maccabi Ramat Gan |
| 1985 | Elitzur Kiryat Ono |
| 1986–1987 | Hapoel Ramat Gan |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Albert Abraham Hemmo (alternate spellings: Avraham, Hammo, Hemo, Hamo, Hebrew: אברהם חמו; born July 8, 1934) is an Israeli former basketball player and coach.[1] He played in the Israeli Premier League, and also for the Israeli national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Hemmo, who is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), was born in Cairo, Egypt, and is Jewish.[2][1][3] In Egypt, he played basketball for Maccabi Cairo.[3] He immigrated from Egypt to Israel in 1948.[3]
He played 15 seasons in the Israeli Premier League.[4] During that time, Hemmo played for Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Gvat, and Hapoel Megido.[4]
National team career
[edit | edit source]Hemmo played for the senior men's Israeli national team in the 1959 FIBA European Championship, the 1961 FIBA European Championship, the 1963 FIBA European Championship, and the 1964 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[5]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]After he retired from playing club basketball, Hemmo became a basketball coach. From 1973 to 1975, he was the head coach of the senior men's Israeli national team.[1][6][3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Hemmo was a policeman, in the Israel Police by profession, and he eventually became a deputy chief of police, in the Yarkon region.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
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- 1934 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Egyptian Jews
- 21st-century Israeli Jews
- Egyptian basketball coaches
- Egyptian men's basketball players
- Hapoel Gvat/Yagur B.C. coaches
- Hapoel Gvat/Yagur B.C. players
- Hapoel Haifa B.C. coaches
- Hapoel Haifa B.C. players
- Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim B.C. coaches
- Israeli Basketball Premier League players
- Israeli men's basketball players
- Israeli people of Egyptian-Jewish descent
- Israeli police officers
- Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan players
- Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan coaches
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- 20th-century Israeli sportsmen
- 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen