Avraham Palman

Avraham Palman

Personal information
Full name	Avraham "Buchka" Palman
Date of birth	23 September 1919
Place of birth	Poland
Date of death	17 January 2000 (aged 80)
Place of death	Israel
Playing position	Defender
	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1937–1938	Hapoel HaDarom Tel Aviv
1938–1954	Hapoel Tel Aviv
National team
1948–49	Israel	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Avraham Palman (Hebrew: אברהם פלמן‎) was an Israeli footballer, who played for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Israel.^[1]

Biography

Palman started playing football at the age of 10 within the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed, before moving to Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth team. In 1937 Palman joined Hapoel HaDarom Tel Aviv, a farm team of Hapoel Tel Aviv. With Hapoel HaDarom, Palman played in the 1937 cup final, where his team lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv. A year later Palman was promoted to the senior Hapoel team, where he played as winger until he switched positions to defender in 1941. With Hapoel Tel Aviv, Palman won 2 championships and 2 cups. In 1954, Palman retired from active play,^[2] Staying with Hapoel Tel Aviv and was in charge of renovating of Basa Stadium, as well as acting as referee from time to time.^[3][4]

Honours

• League Championships (2):
  • 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944–45 (joint championship)

• Cup (5):
  • 1938, 1939, 1944

External links

• Palman Avraham Hapoel Wiki (Hebrew)
• Avraham (Buchka) Palman or: 25 Years Following Football Yechiel Arazi, 10 October 1954, Hadshot HaSport (page 6), via archive.football.org.il (Hebrew)

References

1. National Player Details – Avraham Palman IFA (Hebrew)
2. Hapoel T.A. – Maccabi Jaffa 4:0 Al HaMishmar, 3 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
3. Buchka "Saved" the FA A. Tabak, Ma'ariv, 15 June 1966, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
4. The Referees Are Searching for Buchka Davar, 16 September 1973 Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)