Eugene Selznick
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Full name | Eugene Bleecher Selznick | ||||||||||||||
Born | March 19, 1930 Los Angeles, California , U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | June 10, 2012 | (aged 82)||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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Eugene Bleecher Selznick[1] (March 19, 1930 – June 10, 2012) was an American Hall of Fame former volleyball player, and volleyball coach.[2][3] He played on world championship and Pan American Games championship teams. He was also inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Early life
Selznick, who was Jewish, was born in
Volleyball career
Volleyball teams that Selznick played on won seven U.S. Open Volleyball Championships in 1951–53, 1956, 1960, 1965, and 1966, as well as seven runner-up titles.[4] He was the USA Volleyball (USVBA) MVP in 1959, 1960, and 1962.[10]
He was captain of the United States men's national volleyball team from 1953 to 1967.[4] His teams won the 1960 and 1966 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championships.[4][10][11]
Selznick's teams also won
He was an early supporter of California
Selznick introduced Wilt Chamberlain to volleyball, and took him on a national tour in the 1970s.[10]
Coaching career
Selznick coached the US women's volleyball team, which won the gold medal at the
Selznick coached Olympic athletes Carl Henkel,
Honors
Selznick was named to the
The
Selznick was elected to the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1988.[2][4][10] In 1990 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[16] He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[4]
See also
References
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461 Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e "Gene Selznick; United States". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ "Beach volleyball legend Gene Selznick dies in LA - - SI.com". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Eugene Selznick". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Bernard Postal; Jesse Silver; Roy Silver (1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in sports. Bloch Pub. Co. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
Eugene Selznick.
- ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (October 9, 2008). Encyclopedia of Jews in sports. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ Baxter Holmes, "Gene Selznick Dies at 82," Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2012
- ^ "Gymnast Sakamoto Inducted into LAUSD High School Sports Hall of Fame". Rafu.com. June 8, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Honorees". Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 9781439155776. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ "Maccabi Volleyball". Maccabi Volleyball. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ISBN 9780585230450. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
Gene Selznick.
- ISBN 9781560069614. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
Gene Selznick.
- ^ United States Olympic Committee (1957). United States Olympic book. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home".
Sources
Vitello, Paul (2012-06-16). "Eugene Selznick, Beach Volleyball Pioneer, Dies at 82". New York Times.