Avraham Bendori

Bendori was born in Tel Aviv in 1928 and joined Maccabi Tel Aviv at the age of 13.{{cite journal|title=The Goalkeeper Who Left Few Holes in the Net|journal=Hadshot HaSport|date=10 April 1955|volume=1|issue=54|page=6|url=http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/hadashot/1955/04-10-1955.pdf|accessdate=12 February 2016}} He was part of the Maccabi Michael youth team, which won back to back youth championship in the mid-1940s.[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=HRT/1949/08/19&PageLabelPrint=7&EntityId=Ar00701&ViewMode=HTML The Football Team Took Off to Belgrade]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Lifa Leviathan, Herut, 19 August 1949, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} In 1946 he was promoted to the senior team and played with the team until the end of the 1959–60 season, winning 6 league titles and 6 cups with the club.

Bendori was also a member of the Israel national football team, but only made a handful of appearances, as the main goalkeeper of the national team during this time was Ya'akov Hodorov. Bendori played in Israel's first match ever, against the U.S.,[http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/history23.aspx.aspx The First Independence Team on Tour to the U.S.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210247/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/history23.aspx.aspx |date=2016-03-03 }} Asher Goldberg, 9 May 2011, IFA {{in lang|he}} but didn't make another appearance in an official match until 1958, when he started in two group phase matches of the 1958 Asian Games, as Hodorov was injured.{{cite journal|title=Bendori in the Israeli Goal Against Persia |journal=Hadshot HaSport |date=26 May 1958 |volume=4 |issue=404 |page=1 |url=http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/hadashot/1958/05-26-1956.pdf |accessdate=12 February 2016 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} His final match for Israel was played against Poland in Wrocław, in which Bendori conceded 5 goals and was substituted in the 64th minute. Israel lost 2–7 in the match, which became known as the "Wrocław Shame".[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=HRT/1959/06/22&PageLabelPrint=1&EntityId=Ar00107&ViewMode=HTML Poland Had Beaten Israel 7:2 (3:1)]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Herut, 22 June 1959, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}}[http://onegshabbat.blogspot.co.il/2013/07/blog-post_11.html So I Have Removed the Wrocław Shame] David Assaf, 11 July 2013, Oneg Shabat {{in lang|he}}

After retiring, Bendori coached several teams without much success[http://www.hapoel-ramatgan.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%A8%D7%92-%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%93-%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95-1971/ Hapoel Ramat Gan vs. Maccabi Jaffa 1971] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127024610/http://www.hapoel-ramatgan.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%A8%D7%92-%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%93-%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95-1971/ |date=2019-01-27 }} Yaron Bar Lev, Shlomo Mann and Elisha Shohat, HaMakhtesh {{in lang|he}} and served as the national team's director.

Bendori, who was 20 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, fought in the Samson's Foxes unit, and was injured on the Egyptian front, near Iraq Suwaydan, when the jeep he was driving was bombarded. Bendori was hospitalized for several weeks and was released to take part in the national teams' tour of the U.S.[http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4220230,00.html Goalkeeper and Warrior: When Avraham Bendori Came Up for Defence] Tomer Ganor, 25 April 2012, Ynet {{in lang|he}}[http://sport1.maariv.co.il/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%94/83100 Four, Four on the Thundering Jeep] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115235744/http://sport1.maariv.co.il/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%94/83100 |date=2019-01-15 }} Doron Bar, 14 April 2013, Ma'ariv {{in lang|he}}[http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/articlehistory_23sep2012.aspx "Get Up Mongol, We're Going to the U.S.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220183027/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/articlehistory_23sep2012.aspx |date=2016-12-20 }} Asher Goldberg, 25 September 2012, IFA {{in lang|he}}

During his time with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bendori worked for Dan Bus Company.[http://sports.walla.co.il/item/633722 Once Players Drove Differently] Asher Goldberg, 1 December 2004, Walla! {{in lang|he}}

;Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Palestine League: 1946–47
• Palestine Cup (2): 1946, 1947
• Israeli League (5): 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58
• Israel State Cup (4): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59

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