- 1973 Maccabiah Games
Maccabiah Infobox
Name = Games of the IX Maccabiah
Size = 150
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Opening city =Ramat Gan
Nations participating = 27
Athletes participating = 1,500
Events =
Opening ceremony = July 9
Closing ceremony =
Officially opened by =Tal Brody
Stadium = National StadiumThe 1973 Maccabiah Games were held in the shadow of theMunich massacre . 60,000 spectators packedRamat Gan Stadium asGolda Meir andAbba Eban paid homage to the slain athletes.Esther Roth of Israel won the 100-meter race in 11.75, as well as the 200-meter.In basketball,
Ernie Grunfeld , who three years later won an Olympic gold medal, was the only high school student on the American team's starting five, and led the team in scoring with a 20-point average as the US took the silver medal. Grunfeld later played in theNBA , and becameGeneral Manager of theNew York Knicks .Participating Communities
The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed.
Links
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm Summaries of each of the Games]
* [http://www.stamps-international.com/popup_image.php?pID=298&osCsid=f2bc9ab0e7619fd77e53b2fd9fc21763 Stamp]
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