Eric Minkin

Eric Minkin was born in 1950 in Pennsylvania

Eric Minkin was born on November 28, 1950, in Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family. He attended Germantown Academy, where he scored 1,358 points, then a school record. In 1969 he played for the US team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel.

He studied political science at Davidson College and earned his degree in 1972. He played for the Davidson Wildcats from 1969 to 1972.

In July 1972 he moved to Israel and joined Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he played for 7 years. He was part of the team that won the European Champions Cup in 1977, and he also won 7 Israeli championships and 5 State Cups. He also starred in the 1976 film The Black Banana.

In 1979 he won a silver medal with the Israel national team at the European Championship in Turin, and he played 32 games for the team. That year he joined Hapoel Galil Elyon and played there until the end of the 1984/1985 season. He then worked as an assistant coach there for 2 years.

He left Israel in 1988 after falling into debt. He lived in Sarasota, Florida, and worked for 22 years as a registered nurse. He died on March 25, 2025, after a stroke.