Ezra Glantz | |||
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Full name | Ezra "Jerry" Glantz | ||
Born | January 28, 1945 Los Angeles, California | ||
Nationality | United States |
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 at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic games. [1]
He was National goalkeeper for the Israeli National Handball team as well. He lived in Tel Aviv 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 Championshipson behalf of Israel.[ citation needed ]
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