{{Short description|Israeli basketball player (born 1947)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jacob Eisner<br>גיי'קוב (ג'ק) אייזנר | image = | caption = | height_m = 2.05 | weight_lb = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|12|18}} | birth_place = Łódź, Poland | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Israeli | high_school = | college = University of Cincinnati | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | career_start = | career_end = | career_number = | career_position = Center | years1 = 1971-76 | team1 = Beitar Jerusalem | highlights = *1974 Asian Games gold medal }} '''Jacob Eisner''' ({{Langx|he|גיי'קוב (ג'ק) אייזנר}}; born December 18, 1947) is an Israeli former basketball player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/13/archives/israeli-five-wins.html|title=Israeli Five Wins|date=August 13, 1974|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="auto1">[https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/3/ART2/349/351.html "האימפריה תחזור: בית"ר עולה לפרקט"], NRG, March 23, 2012.</ref> He played the center position.<ref name="auto1"/> He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League and for the Israeli national basketball team.
==Biography== Eisner was born on December 18, 1947, in Łódź, Poland.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1969/07/13/01/|title=מעריב | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית|date=July 13, 1969|website=Maariv}}</ref> At 13 years of age he along with his family moved to the Cincinnati in the United States; he subsequently attended the University of Cincinnati.<ref name="auto"/> He later immigrated to Israel.<ref name="auto"/> He is 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) tall.<ref name="auto1"/>
He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League for Beitar Jerusalem from 1971 to 1976.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=4599|title=מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | כדורסל ישראלי | עונת 1974-75 | בית"ר י-ם | ג'ק אייזנר|website=basket.co.il}}</ref>
Eisner also played for the Israeli national basketball team in the 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, 1973 European Championship for Men, 1975 European Championship for Men, and 1976 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64228/sid/2956/tid/306/_/1972_Pre_Olympic_Basketball_Tournament/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616181733/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64228/sid/2956/tid/306/_/1972_Pre_Olympic_Basketball_Tournament/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2019|title=Jacob Eisner profile, Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament 1972|website=FIBA.COM}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisner, Jacob}} Category:Living people Category:1947 births Category:Israeli men's basketball players Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League players Category:Basketball players from Łódź Category:Polish men's basketball players Category:Basketball players from Cincinnati Category:Polish emigrants to the United States Category:Polish emigrants to Israel Category:University of Cincinnati alumni Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Israel Category:Basketball players at the 1974 Asian Games Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen Category:Asian Games gold medalists in basketball