Ryan Lexer
{{short description|American former basketball player}}
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ראין לקסר
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|3|15}}
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| nationality = American
| high_school = Council Rock North
(Newtown, Pennsylvania)
| college = Towson (1994–1998)
| draft_year = 1998
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| career_position = Power forward / center
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Ryan Lexer ({{Langx|he|ראין לקסר}}; born March 15, 1976) is an American former basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ryan-lexer-1.html|title=Ryan Lexer College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=1004&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2007-08 Season | Hapoel Holon | Ryan Lexer|website=basket.co.il}} He played the power forward and center positions.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Ryan-Lexer/Israel/Ramat-Hasharon/15340|title=Ryan Lexer Basketball Player Profile, Ramat Hasharon, News, National League, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards|website=Eurobasket LLC}} He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in 1998 to 2008.
Biography
Lexer is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended Council Rock High School North, and is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19930310-01.1.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Sports Scene|date= March 10, 1993|website=Jewish Post}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0699/schantz.html|title=Jostens Trophy winner heads home --- from Hamilton to the Holy Land|website=Jewish World Review|author= Scott Granowitz |date=June 16, 1999}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/176642548/|title= Despite Turnovers, Indians Coast to win over the Bucks|date=January 18, 1993|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer}} He is {{convert|6|ft|9|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall.
He attended Towson University ('97), and played for the Towson Tigers from 1994 to 1998. In 1996-97 Lexer was 10th in the America East Conference in free throw percentage, at .743.
Lexer played basketball for Team USA in the 1997 Maccabiah Games.
He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in 1998 to 2008, for Hapoel Holon, Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Hadera, Maccabi Haifa, and Maccabi Petach Tikvah.
As of 2020 Lexer was Head of Sales and Business Development at KIDOZ Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://powerkid.libsyn.com/keeping-online-safe-with-ryan-lexer-of-kidoz|title=Power Kid Podcast: Keeping online safe with Ryan Lexer of Kidoz|website=powerkid.libsyn.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://kidoz.net/blog/top-5-marketing-takeaways-worlds-largest-toy-fair/|title=Top 5 Marketing Takeaways From the World's Largest Toy Fair|date=February 19, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://bioreports.net/as-classes-go-online-parents-seek-apps-to-curb-screen-time/|title=As classes go online, parents seek apps to curb screen time|date=June 15, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/ryan.lexer Facebook page]
- [https://powerkid.libsyn.com/keeping-online-safe-with-ryan-lexer-of-kidoz "Keeping online safe with Ryan Lexer of Kidoz,"] podcast, June 5, 2018.
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Category:21st-century American Jews
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Pennsylvania
Category:Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games
Category:Hapoel Holon B.C. players
Category:Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
Category:Jewish American basketball players
Category:Maccabiah Games basketball players for the United States
Category:Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
Category:Basketball players from Philadelphia