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Mark Turenshine

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Mark Turenshine
מרק טורנשיין
Personal information
Born(1944-12-20)December 20, 1944
Brooklyn, New York
DiedFebruary 26, 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 71)
NationalityAmerican / Israeli
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
High schoolSheepshead Bay
(Brooklyn, New York)
CollegeSt. Francis Brooklyn (1963–1966)
NBA draft1966: undrafted
Career history
?–?Hapoel Tel Aviv

Mark Turenshine (also spelled "Torenshine"; מרק טורנשיין; December 20, 1944 – February 26, 2016) was an American-Israeli basketball player. He played for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israel Basketball Premier League from 1969 to 1977, and for the Israeli national basketball team.

Biography

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Turenshine was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family.[1][2] He was 6' 5" (1.96 m).[3][4] He was later a resident of Canoga Park, California. [1]

He attended and played basketball at Sheepshead Bay High School ('62).[5] It inducted Turenshine into the Sheepshead Bay High School Hall of Fame in 2012.[1][6]

Turenshine then attended St. Francis College, and played basketball for the St. Francis Terriers.[7] In college he had a .558 per cent field goal percentage, including a .741 field goal percentage in the 1964-65 season.[7] He was voted into the St. Francis College Hall of Fame in 2000. In 1966-67 he was voted New York City Amateur Athlete of the Year for basketball by the Downtown Athletic Club.[5]

He played in the 1966 Pan American Maccabiah Games in Brazil.[8] He played with, among others, Barry Leibowitz and future NBA players Dave Newmark and Rick Weitzman.[8]

In 1968, Turenshine made aliyah.[1] He joined the Israeli professional basketball team Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israel Basketball Premier League, playing for it from 1969 to 1977.[9][10]

Turenshine also played for the Israeli national basketball team in the 1969 European Championship for Men, 1970 Asian Olympics (winning a silver medal), 1971 European Championship for Men, and 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament.[11]

He later returned to the United States and became a businessman. He rose to the position of general manager of the personal emergency services company Life Alert, where he worked for 35 years.[1]

Turenshine died in 2016 and was buried at Mount Sinai, Simi Valley, California.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mark Turenshine, NBA star, Life Alert general manager, 71". Jewish Journal. March 2, 2016.
  2. ^ Goldsmith, Barry (2020). The Wisdom of a Coach: Health, Wealth, Education, Athletics, a Game Plan for Life. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781984537188 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Maccabiah Games in Brazil Aug. 23". The Jewish Floridian. August 12, 1966.
  4. ^ "St. Francis Five Highly Rated, But It Needs Court to Play On". The New York Times. December 10, 1964.
  5. ^ a b "Life Alert General Manager Mark Turenshine Shines Again with Third Hall of Fame Induction, Alongside "Seinfeld" Co-Creator Larry David". July 5, 2006. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008.
  6. ^ "SHEEPSHEAD BAY HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 2006". sbhsfounders.org.
  7. ^ a b "Mark Turenshine College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  8. ^ a b "Maccabiah Games in Brazil Aug. 23". The Detroit Jewish News. August 12, 1966.
  9. ^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | History | All-Time Player Points | Mark Torenshine". basket.co.il.
  10. ^ "Israel". The Jerusalem Post Magazine. April 1, 1977.
  11. ^ "Mark Turenshine profile, Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament 1972". FIBA.COM.