# Jacob Eisner

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{{Short description|Israeli basketball player (born 1947)}}
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| name            = Jacob Eisner<br>גיי'קוב (ג'ק) אייזנר
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| height_m       = 2.05
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1947|12|18}}
| birth_place     = [Łódź](/source/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA), Poland
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| nationality     = Israeli
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| college         = [University of Cincinnati](/source/University_of_Cincinnati)
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| career_position = Center
| years1          = 1971-76
| team1           = [Beitar Jerusalem](/source/Beitar_Jerusalem_B.C.)
| highlights      = *[1974 Asian Games](/source/1974_Asian_Games) [gold medal](/source/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](/source/Israel_Basketball_Premier_League) and for the [Israeli national basketball team](/source/Israeli_national_basketball_team).

==Biography==
Eisner was born on December 18, 1947, in [Łódź](/source/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA), Poland.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1969/07/13/01/|title=⁨מעריב⁩ &#124; אוסף העיתונות &#124; הספרייה הלאומית|date=July 13, 1969|website=Maariv}}</ref> At 13 years of age he along with his family moved to the [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati) in the United States; he subsequently attended the [University of Cincinnati](/source/University_of_Cincinnati).<ref name="auto"/> He later [immigrated to Israel](/source/Aliyah).<ref name="auto"/> He is 2.05 m (6&nbsp;ft 9 in) tall.<ref name="auto1"/>

He played in the [Israel Basketball Premier League](/source/Israel_Basketball_Premier_League) for [Beitar Jerusalem](/source/Beitar_Jerusalem_B.C.) from 1971 to 1976.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=4599|title=מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל &#124; כדורסל ישראלי &#124; עונת 1974-75 &#124; בית"ר י-ם &#124; ג'ק אייזנר|website=basket.co.il}}</ref>

Eisner also played for the [Israeli national basketball team](/source/Israeli_national_basketball_team) in the 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, [1973 European Championship for Men](/source/Eurobasket_1973), [1975 European Championship for Men](/source/Eurobasket_1975), 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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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

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