Alon Ben Dor

Alon Ben Dor was born in 1952 in Dorot

Alon Ben Dor was born on 18 March 1952 in Kibbutz Dorot, which gave him his Hebrew family name. His parents, Haim and Arela Ben Dor, were immigrants from Germany. When he was 5, the family moved to Be'er Sheva because his father worked at the Dead Sea Works.

He joined the senior squad of Hapoel Be'er Sheva in 1969 under coach Moshe Litvak. With the club he won the league title in 1974/1975 and 1975/1976. He played 10 games for the Israel national team and took part in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In 1979 he left Hapoel Be'er Sheva over a money dispute and moved to Beitar Be'er Sheva, where he was player-coach for 2 years. He later played for Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Marmorek. In 1985 he returned to Hapoel Be'er Sheva as assistant coach to Nahum Stelmach.

In the mid-1970s he studied at the physical education college in Be'er Sheva. He later became football coordinator at the Wingate Institute and lives in Kfar Saba. His wife Nili was among the hostages of the 1976 Air France hijacking to Entebbe.