- Ezra Glantz
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Ezra "Jerry" Glantz (born January 28, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American handball goalkeeper.
In 1976 he played as the goalkeeper of the USA Olympic team in Handball ['Team Handball' in the US] at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic games in Canada.[1]
He was National goalkeeper for the Israeli National Handball team as well. He lived in Tel Aviv Israel from 1954 till 1990. He won eight national championships as goalkeeper for several Israeli Handball teams and competed for years in the European Cup Handball Championships on behalf of Israel.[citation needed]
Glantz was one of the original founders of Israeli Baseball and Softball [Fastpitch], as well as an outstanding player—winner of numerous national championships. As coach—many members of Israel's national team Baseball and Softball players were groomed by Glantz. In July 2009 Jerry Glantz was inducted into the Israeli Hall of Fame.[citation needed]
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- Living people
- American handball players
- Olympic handball players of the United States
- Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Pan-American handball biography stubs
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