Lou Silver
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Louis Grant Silver (born November 27, 1953) is an American-Israeli
Early life
Silver was raised in Merrick, New York.[1][2] He attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School.[1]
Basketball playing career
During his basketball playing career, the 2.03 m (6' 8") tall Silver, played at the
College career
Silver played college basketball at Harvard College ('75), with the Harvard Crimson. In 1973-74 he averaged 10.1 rebounds and 16.2 points per game, had the fifth-highest scoring average in the Ivy League, and was First Team All Ivy League.[3][4][5][6] Silver served as the team co-captain, during his final year at Harvard College.[7] He also received a number of accolades, while attending, and playing for Harvard College, including being selected to the All-Ivy League Team, and Division honors.[7] He was named 1974-75 All-Ivy second team and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District second team, after finishing fifth in Ivy League rebounding with a 9.2 average, while averaging 16.1 points per game and shooting .835 from the free throw line.[8][6][4]
Professional career
Silver was selected by the
Silver played in Israel, with
Silver was also a key member of the Maccabi teams that reached 4
Israeli national team career
Silver also played for, and helped lead, the senior
Post basketball career
Since his retirement from playing professional basketball, Silver has practiced corporate law, at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, in New York City. He served as general counsel to a publicly listed software company, that is based in Paris, France. His professional career includes profiles as an investment banker, private banker, and hedge fund manager. Silver continues to serve as a member of the board of directors of a number of publicly listed and privately held companies. He is actively involved in corporate governance, audit, and compensation committees.
References
- ^ a b "Lou Silver - 1974-75 - Men's Basketball". Harvard University.
- ^ "Hoopster Rally Overwhelms Columbia | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ivyleague.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/10/24/1819_yearbyyear.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b "Harvard Men's Basketball All-Time Honored Players". Harvard.
- ^ "1974 Ivy League Men's Basketball - Varsity Pride". www.jonfmorse.com.
- ^ a b "Lou Silver College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "Top Five Lawyers Who Were Great College Hoopsters". Bitter Empire. April 5, 2010.
- ^ "Silver Receives All-Ivy Second Team Honors Ivy Champ Penn Places Two on First Squad | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
- ^ "1975 ABA draft". Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.
- ^ Michael Bar-Eli and Yair Galily (January 2005). "From Tal Brody to European Champions: Early Americanization and the 'Golden Age' of Israeli Basketball, 1965-1979", Journal of Sport History, 32(3): 401-422.