Ivan Leshinsky
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 5, 1947 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American / Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Midwood (Brooklyn, New York) |
| College | LIU Brooklyn (1964–1968) |
| NBA draft | 1968: 10th round, 130th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Boston Celtics |
| Position | Power forward / center |
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Ivan Leshinsky (Hebrew: אייבן לישינסקי; born February 5, 1947) is an American-Israeli former basketball player.[1][2][3] He played the forward and center positions.[4][5] He played three seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and competed for the Israeli national basketball team.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Leshinsky was born in Brooklyn, New York.[5] He is 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) tall.[1] He later lived in Annapolis, Maryland, starting in 1974, with his wife, Babette, and their son Eric, and after a number of years the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland.[6][7]
Leshinsky grew up in Brooklyn living on Avenue J and Ocean Avenue, and attended P.S. 193.[8] He then attended Midwood High School ('63) in Brooklyn, where he played center for the basketball team.[9][8]
He attended Long Island University from 1963 to 1968.[4] Leshinsky played for the LIU Blackbirds in 1967–68.[4][5][10] He played in the 1968 National Invitation Tournament quarterfinals in Madison Square Garden in New York City.[6]
Leshinsky was selected by the Boston Celtics in the tenth round (130th pick overall) of 1968 NBA draft.[5][6][11] He chose instead to go to Israel to play basketball.[6][12]
He played three seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, all for Hapoel Tel Aviv, from 1968 to 1971.[1]
Leshinsky also played for the Israeli national basketball team.[13] He competed in the 1969 FIBA European Championship for Men, averaging 14.7 points per game, and at the 1970 Asian Games, at which he won a silver medal with Team Israel.[13]
He later studied at The George Washington University, earning an M.Ed., with a Special Education major.[14]
Starting in 1974 Leshinsky began to work at, and in 1980 became the executive director of, the Chesapeake Foundation for Human Development in Baltimore, which operates programs for youths who are disadvantaged.[6][7]
In 1990 Leshinsky was named the head basketball coach at the Key School in Annapolis.[6][12]
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- Living people
- Basketball coaches from Maryland
- Basketball players from Baltimore
- Centers (basketball)
- George Washington University alumni
- Israeli Basketball Premier League players
- LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball players
- Power forwards
- Basketball players from Brooklyn
- 1947 births
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Israel
- Boston Celtics draft picks
- Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Israeli men's basketball players
- People from Midwood, Brooklyn
- Sportspeople from Annapolis, Maryland
- Asian Games competitors for Israel
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century Israeli sportsmen
- Asian Games silver medalists in basketball