Steve Kaplan (basketball)
Israeli basketball player (born 1950)
Steven Mark Kaplan (Hebrew: סטיב קפלן) is an American-Israeli former basketball player and coach. Kaplan played 14 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League. He played the forward position. He is 8th all-time in career points in the league.
Early and personal life
Kaplan is Jewish, and has dual American-Israeli citizenship. He grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey and played prep basketball at Collingswood High School. He is 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) tall. He served in the Israel Defense Forces, moved to Ramat Gan, Israel, and is married to Israeli-born Irit Kaplan. His son Tom Kaplan played for the Israel 17-under national basketball team, and attended Monmouth University.
Basketball career
Kaplan played basketball for Team USA in the 1969 Maccabiah Games winning a silver medal alongside Ronald Green, Jack Langer, and Neal Walk, and for Team Israel in the 1977 Maccabiah Games.
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