Moses Blass

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Brazil
Olympic Games
Bronze	1960 Rome	Team

Moses Blass (born March 24, 1937), also known as Moysés Blás, is a Brazilian former basketball player.^[1][2]

Blass is Jewish, and was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil.^{[3][1][4][5][2]} He is 5' 11".^[2] He played basketball for Brazil in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, and won a bronze medal, as Brazil finished behind the United States and the Soviet Union.^[1][4][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. http://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&pg=PA225&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+moses+blass&hl=en&ei=tb2bTr7KLsjX0QGB1cnmBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Jews%20and%20the%20Olympic%20Games%22%20moses%20blass&f=false. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Moysés Blás Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/moyses-blas-1.html. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 
3. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. http://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA254&dq=Moys%C3%A9s+Bl%C3%A1s&hl=en&ei=c8ObTp6mCrHH0AGA-NyxBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Blass, Moses". Jewsinsports.org. September 9, 1960. http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=248. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 
5. ^ "Olympic Games". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0015_0_15093.html. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 

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Persondata
Name	Blass, Moses
Alternative names	Blás, Moysés
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	March 24, 1937
Place of birth	Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death