{{Short description|Canadian basketball player (1925–2022)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Murray Waxman | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 154 | birth_date = {{birth date |1925|07|10|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|27|1925|07|10}} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's basketball}} {{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Maccabiah Games}} {{Medal|Silver|1950 Maccabiah Games| }} }}
'''Murray Waxman''' (July 10, 1925 – November 27, 2022) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1950 Maccabiah Games.
== Early life and career == Born in Toronto, Ontario, he played for YMHA Montreal and was part of the Canadian basketball team which finished eighth in the Olympic tournament.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/murray-waxman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060152/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/murray-waxman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Murray Waxman Olympic Results |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>
Waxman later won a silver medal representing Canada at the 1950 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maccabicanada.com/1950-maccabiah-delegation | title=1950 Team Canada Delegation | access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref>
== Death == Waxman died on November 27, 2022, at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/murray-waxman-1086730742 | title=Murray Waxman obituary | access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref>
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