David Kaminsky

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דוד קמינסקי

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David Kaminsky ({{Langx|he|דוד קמינסקי}}; born January 8, 1938) is an Israeli former basketball player and coach.{{Cite web|url=http://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=1878|title=מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | כדורסל ישראלי | עונת 1957-58 | הפועל ירושלים | דוד קמינסקי|website=basket.co.il}} He played the guard position. Kaminsky played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israel national basketball team.

Biography

Kaminsky is 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall. He grew up in Jerusalem, and enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces in 1956, and was in the 4th Battalion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/HkIA2HidD|title=דוד קמינסקי - מעורב ירושלמי / עושה היסטוריה|date=November 1, 2020|website=Ynet |last1=נאה |first1=רפאל }} He also worked as a bus driver, for a company that later merged with Egged.

Kaminsky played 14 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League for Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Betar Jerusalem.{{Cite web|url=https://sportsrabbi.com/en/champion-israeli-bar-alluf-helps-guide-macs-to-first-ever-ncaa-tourney-berth/|title=Champion: Israeli Bar Alluf helps guide Macs to first ever NCAA Tourney Berth|date=March 2, 2018|author=Joshua Halickman}}[https://www.sport-olympic.gr/sp/index.php/basketball/1542-basketball-competitions-/european-competitions-in-basketball-/fiba-europe-club-competitions/fiba-europe-saporta-cup/16926-1967-68-fiba-european-cup-winners-cup "1967-68 FIBA European Cup Winners Cup,"] www.sport-olympic.gr.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/item/2566|author=Yarone Arbel| date=January 16, 2006|title=The Club Scene: Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem|website= EuroCup}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He also coached Maccabi Jerusalem, Hapoel Jerusalem, and Betar Jerusalem.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cadursela.co.il/Dictionary_Value.asp?id=187&Category=165&Dad=165|title=כדורסלע - מילון הכדורסל השלם | זה א-ב של כדורסלע|website=cadursela.co.il}}

He played 88 games on the Israel national basketball team.{{Cite web|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1966.11.25.001/31|title= Israeli Team Plays Tech November 30|date=November 25, 1966 |website=The Detroit Jewish News }}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/63904/_//players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412085800/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/63904/_//players.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 12, 2021|title=David KAMINSKI (ISR) |website=fiba.com}} Kaminsky competed for it in the 1959 European Championship for Men, 1961 European Championship for Men, 1965 European Championship for Men, 1966 Asian Games (winning a gold medal), 1967 European Championship for Men, 1959 European Championship for Men, and 1969 European Championship for Men.