Ze'ev Casspi

Ze'ev Casspi
Personal information
Years active	1945–1953
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump, Javelin, Decathlon
Club	Hapoel Netanya
Retired	1953
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Javelin; 52.30 m; High Jump; 1.82 m
Medal record
Representing Israel
Maccabiah Games

Ze'ev Casspi
Personal information
Full name	Ze'ev Casspi
Date of birth	1931
Place of birth	Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine
Date of death	2021
Place of death	Israel
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1945–49	Maccabi Netanya
Senior career*
Years	Team
1949–69	Maccabi Netanya
1969–70	Beitar Netanya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ze'ev Casspi (Hebrew: זאב כספי; 1931-2021) was a former Israeli footballer who played 20 years for Maccabi Netanya. He was the younger brother of Yitzhak Casspi, also a footballer for Netanya.

Career

Casspi was born in Tiberias and moved to Netanya with his family in 1932. While at school, he and his brother Yitzhak were discovered by Jewish sport pioneer Walter Frankl,^[7] and Casspi began training in athletics with Hapoel Netanya and in football with Maccabi Netanya.^[8]

Casspi represented Israel in the 3rd and 4th Maccabiah Games, winning gold medals in the javelin throw and decathlon,^[7] but was forced to retire due to a car accident in 1953.^[9] In 1955, after recovering, Casspi returned to play for Maccabi Netanya. He played there until the end of the 1968–69 season, when he moved to Beitar Netanya. He played one season there before retiring from football in fall 1970.

After retirement, Casspi continued to be involved in Maccabi Netanya, serving on its management board and helping to establish the club's handball team.^[10]

Honors

Liga Alef (second tier):
- 1963–64

References

^ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=344692615553175&id=344685042220599&notif_t=feed_comment_reply ^{[user-generated source]}
^ Dvar HaSport Davar, 24 September 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ A Haul of Records in the Maccabiah Al HaMishmar, 4 October 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Three International Israeli Records Achieved in the Maccabiah Al HaMishmar, 1 October 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ The Athletics Competitions Are Over Herut 25 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Sport Competitions Began in the Maccabiah Herut, 22 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ ^a ^b Ze'evik Casspi – The Barefoot Runner Irgun HaHagana (in Hebrew)
^ "Jumps Over the Bar – and Under the Crossbar" (PDF). Hadshot HaSport. 1 (50): 6. 27 March 1955. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ Casspi Awaits His Heir in the Netanya Goal Ma'ariv, 22 September 1966, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Casspi Ze'ev – City Honorary 2001 bet-fisher.co.il (in Hebrew)

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[2] Dvar HaSport Davar, 24 September 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[3] A Haul of Records in the Maccabiah Al HaMishmar, 4 October 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[4] Three International Israeli Records Achieved in the Maccabiah Al HaMishmar, 1 October 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[5] The Athletics Competitions Are Over Herut 25 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[6] Sport Competitions Began in the Maccabiah Herut, 22 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[haga-7] Ze'evik Casspi – The Barefoot Runner Irgun HaHagana (in Hebrew)

[hadsh-8] "Jumps Over the Bar – and Under the Crossbar" (PDF). Hadshot HaSport. 1 (50): 6. 27 March 1955. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[9] Casspi Awaits His Heir in the Netanya Goal Ma'ariv, 22 September 1966, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[10] Casspi Ze'ev – City Honorary 2001 bet-fisher.co.il (in Hebrew)

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