Lou Silver

Lou Silver
Personal information
Born	November 27, 1953 (age 70); New York City, New York
Nationality	American / Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Sanford H. Calhoun ; (Merrick, New York)
College	Harvard (1972–1975)
NBA draft	1975: undrafted
Playing career	1975–1985
Position	Small forward / power forward
Number	12
Career history
1975–1985	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1980); 2× EuroLeague champion (1977, 1981); FIBA European Selection (1981); 10× Israeli League champion (1976–1985); 8× Israeli Cup winner (1977–1983, 1985); 2× All-Ivy League (1974, 1975);
Representing Israel
Men's Basketball
EuroBasket

Last updated January 12, 2024

Louis Grant Silver (born November 27, 1953) is an American-Israeli businessperson, attorney, and former professional basketball player. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Silver received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1975, his LL.B. from Tel Aviv University's School of Law, and his LL.M. from New York University School of Law.

Early life

Silver was raised in Merrick, New York.^[1]^[2] He attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School.^[1]

Basketball playing career

During his basketball playing career, the 2.03 m (6' 8") tall Silver, played at the small forward and power forward positions. He was considered to be an "all-around" player.

College career

Silver played college basketball at Harvard College ('75), with the Harvard Crimson. In 1973-74 he averaged 10.1 rebounds and 16.2 points per game, had the fifth-highest scoring average in the Ivy League, and was First Team All Ivy League.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Silver served as the team co-captain, during his final year at Harvard College.^[7] He also received a number of accolades, while attending, and playing for Harvard College, including being selected to the All-Ivy League Team, and Division honors.^[7] He was named 1974-75 All-Ivy second team and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District second team, after finishing fifth in Ivy League rebounding with a 9.2 average, while averaging 16.1 points per game and shooting .835 from the free throw line.^[8]^[6]^[4]

Professional career

Silver was selected by the Kentucky Colonels, in the 8th round (73rd overall), of the 1975 ABA Draft.^[9]

Silver played in Israel, with Maccabi Tel Aviv (1975–1985), and he served as the captain of the team, from 1981 to 1985. A Jewish-American, he became an Israeli citizen under Israel's Law of Return.^[10] While playing with Maccabi Tel Aviv, the team won 10 Israeli League championships (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985) and 8 Israeli State Cups (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985).

Silver was also a key member of the Maccabi teams that reached 4 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) Finals, and that won 2 FIBA European Champions Cup titles (1977 and 1981). With Maccabi, he also won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, in 1980. Silver was selected to the FIBA European Selection All-Star Team, in 1981. In 1987, FIBA honoured Silver, with a retirement game, featuring Maccabi Tel Aviv, against the then FIBA European Selection Team.

Israeli national team career

Silver also played for, and helped lead, the senior Israeli National Basketball Team, to a second-place finish at the EuroBasket, as Israel took the silver medal, after losing to the Soviet Union National Team in the finals, at EuroBasket 1979, in Italy.

Post basketball career

Since his retirement from playing professional basketball, Silver has practiced corporate law, at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, in New York City. He served as general counsel to a publicly listed software company, that is based in Paris, France. His professional career includes profiles as an investment banker, private banker, and hedge fund manager. Silver continues to serve as a member of the board of directors of a number of publicly listed and privately held companies. He is actively involved in corporate governance, audit, and compensation committees.

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References

1 2 "Lou Silver - 1974-75 - Men's Basketball". Harvard University.
↑ "Hoopster Rally Overwhelms Columbia | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ivyleague.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/10/24/1819_yearbyyear.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
1 2 "Harvard Men's Basketball All-Time Honored Players". Harvard.
↑ "1974 Ivy League Men's Basketball - Varsity Pride". www.jonfmorse.com.
1 2 "Lou Silver College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
1 2 "Top Five Lawyers Who Were Great College Hoopsters". Bitter Empire. April 5, 2010.
↑ "Silver Receives All-Ivy Second Team Honors Ivy Champ Penn Places Two on First Squad | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
↑ "1975 ABA draft". Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.
↑ Michael Bar-Eli and Yair Galily (January 2005). "From Tal Brody to European Champions: Early Americanization and the 'Golden Age' of Israeli Basketball, 1965-1979", Journal of Sport History, 32(3): 401-422.

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[auto-4] 1 2 "Harvard Men's Basketball All-Time Honored Players". Harvard.

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[auto1-6] 1 2 "Lou Silver College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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[8] "Silver Receives All-Ivy Second Team Honors Ivy Champ Penn Places Two on First Squad | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.

[9] "1975 ABA draft". Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.

[10] Michael Bar-Eli and Yair Galily (January 2005). "From Tal Brody to European Champions: Early Americanization and the 'Golden Age' of Israeli Basketball, 1965-1979", Journal of Sport History, 32(3): 401-422.

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