Jerry Simon

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ג'רי סיימון

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|3|23}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| nationality = American / Israeli

| high_school = John Marshall
(Los Angeles, California)

| college = Penn (1986–1990)

| draft_year = 1990

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Jerry Simon ({{Langx|he|ג'רי סיימון}}; born March 23, 1968) is an American-Israeli former college and professional basketball player. He played professional basketball in Israel for Hapoel Galil Elyon, Elitzur Kiryat Ata, and Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israel men's national basketball team.{{Cite web|url=http://jlifeoc.com/from-athletes-to-legends/|title=From Athletes to Legends |website=Jlife|date=7 April 2014 }}

In one high school game in 1986 he scored 69 points, establishing a new single-game scoring record for a high school player in Los Angeles. He was a member of the Team USA silver medal winning 1989 Maccabiah Games basketball team. He is 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall.{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=7362&lang=en|title= 1993-94 Season | Hapoel Gvat | Jerry Simon|website=Israel Basketball Super League}}{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jerry-Simon/Israel/Ramat-Hasharon/22593|title=Jerry Simon Basketball Player Profile; Ramat Hasharon; Pennsylvania|website=Eurobasket}}

Biography

Simon was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web|url=https://6pointssports.org/2018/05/11/introducing-2018-ca-staff-team/|title=Introducing 2018 California Staff Team|date=May 11, 2018|website=6pointssports.org}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He now lives in Newport Beach, California, with his wife and four children (Barak, Maya, Nadav, and Jacob).

He has since divorced and separated from his wife.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2014/03/19/levin-earns-spot-in-orange-county-jewish-sports-hall-of-fame/|title=Levin earns spot in Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|date=March 19, 2014|work=The Orange County Register|author=Michael Katz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0506/notes.html|title= Alumni: Notes; '90; Jerry Simon W'90|website=The Pennsylvania Gazette|date=May–June 2006}}

He attended and played basketball at John Marshall High School, with the team winning the Los Angeles High School Basketball Championship and him leading the State of California in scoring.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-24-gl-376-story.html|title=Simon Says, 'Let Me Play': Former Marshall High Spark Plug Counted on More Than Riding the Pine When He Chose the Ivy League and Penn|date=November 24, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times|author=Sam Farmer}}{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19850522-01.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|date= May 22, 1985 |title=Juniors of Influence|website=Jewish Post|author=Shel Wallman}} In one game in 1986 Simon scored 69 points, establishing a new single-game scoring record for a high school player in Los Angeles, as his team beat Belmont High School by a score of 98-61.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19860312-01.1.20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Marshall high school's Jerry Simon scores 69|author=Shel Wallman|date= March 12, 1986 |website=Jewish Post}}{{Cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/varsitytimesinsider/2010/05/boys-basketball-jerry-simon-is-new-coach-at-marina.html|title=Boys' basketball: Jerry Simon is new coach at Marina|date=May 26, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|author= Eric Sondheimer}} For the season he averaged 37.8 points, 18.0 rebounds, and 12.2 assists per game.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=JPOST19860514-01.1.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=H.S. All Americans|author=Shel Wallman|date= May 14, 1986 |website=Jewish Post}} In 1986 he was High School California All-State and Section 3-A Los Angeles City Player of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://scjewishsportshof.com/simon.html|title=Jerry Simon; Basketball - 2004|website=Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame}} He was named to the 1985-86 Jewish All-American High School Basketball Team and its Player of the Year.

Simon attended the University of Pennsylvania (1990) and played for four years for, and was captain in 1989-90 of, the University of Pennsylvania Quakers men's basketball team.{{Cite web|url=https://pennathletics.com/news/2016/6/28/5772ed9ae4b0028e72362ac9_131492838030361357.aspx|title=Penn Men's Basketball - All-Time Captains|website=University of Pennsylvania Athletics|date=June 28, 2016}} In a game against Brown University in February 1990 he made seven three-point field goals, at the time a Penn record, and that season he led the team with 53 three-pointers (2.04 per game), an 82.3 free throw percentage, and 46 steals (leading the Ivy League; 1.77 per game-also leading the league).[https://www.nmnathletics.com/pdf8/731112.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=1700 "Jerry Simon"]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 2012-13 Penn Men’s Basketball Factbook.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jerry-simon-1.html|title=Jerry Simon College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}} In 1989 he was All-Ivy League honorable mention, and in 1990 he was All-Ivy League and All-Philadelphia Big 5.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jccoc.org/specialevents/oc-jewish-sports-hall-of-fame|title=OC Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|website=The J}}

He was a member of the Team USA silver medal winning 1989 Maccabiah Games basketball team.

From 1990 to 2001, Simon played professional basketball in Israel for Hapoel Galil Elyon, Elitzur Kiryat Ata, and Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was a guard. In 1993, his Hapoel Galil Elyon team won the Israeli Basketball Premier League championship, a title previously held by Maccabi Tel Aviv for 30 consecutive years. In 1993 he received Israel’s Sixth Man Award. That same season, he played on the Israeli National Basketball Team in the World University Games. In 1995 he was Northern Israel Player of the Year.