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Lou Silver

Lou Silver is an American-Israeli former basketball player who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv from 1975 to 1985 and later worked as a lawyer and businessman.

born 1953Captaining Maccabi Tel AvivTwo European Champions Cup titlesEuroBasket 1979 silver medalCorporate law and finance career

Born: 27 November 1953, New York City
Occupation: basketball player
Education: Harvard University, Tel Aviv University, New York University School of Law

Lou Silver was born in 1953 in New York City

Louis Grant Silver was born on November 27, 1953, in New York City. He grew up in Merrick, New York, and attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School.

Silver played college basketball for Harvard and graduated in 1975. He was named to the First Team All Ivy League in 1973-74 and was co-captain in his final year. The Kentucky Colonels picked him in the 1975 ABA Draft.

He joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1975 and played there until 1985, serving as captain from 1981. With the club he won 10 Israeli championships, 8 State Cups, 2 European Champions Cups and the 1980 Intercontinental Cup. He became an Israeli citizen under the Law of Return and played for the national team, which won silver at EuroBasket 1979.

While in Israel he earned a law degree at Tel Aviv University, and later a master's degree in law at New York University. He practiced corporate law in New York and worked as a general counsel, banker and hedge fund manager. He sits on the boards of several companies.