Hymie Kloner
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 May 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Lithuania | ||
| Date of death | July 2010 (aged 81) | ||
| Playing position | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Marist Brothers (Transvaal) | ||
| 1950 | Birmingham City | 1 | (0) |
| – | Rangers FC | ||
| National team | |||
| 1950 | South Africa | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Hymie Kloner (23 May 1929 – July 2010) was a South African professional footballer who won four caps for his national team and who played in the Football League for Birmingham City. He played as a right half.
Kloner was born in Lithuania,[1] the son of Jewish parents.[2] The family emigrated to South Africa when Kloner was a boy.[1] Though his parents were not keen on his playing football, the principal of the Jewish Government School encouraged him, and he eventually played for the Marist Brothers club.[2] In June and July 1950, the 21-year-old Kloner played four matches for the South Africa national football team against a touring Australia team.[3][4]
Later that year he came to England as a triallist. He was taken on by Birmingham City, and played once in the Football League, on 2 December 1950, standing in for Len Boyd in the Second Division game away to Leeds United which Leeds won 3–0.[5] Kloner returned to South Africa that same month, and continued his football career domestically[6] with Rangers FC.[1] He played representative football for Southern Transvaal, and in 1954 played against a touring Israeli team.[A]
In later life Kloner took up bowls. He died in July 2010.[1]
Notes
A. ^ The Jewish Report, while confirming Kloner's appearance for the Southern Transvaal side against the touring Israelis, also suggests that he played for the South African national team in the 1 May 1954 test match,[7] though the RSSSF would disagree.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Hymie Kloner dies aged 81". The Witness. South Africa. 31 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
- 1 2 Slier, Lionel (30 May 2008). "Community Buzz" (PDF). Jewish Report. 12 (20): 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 Tabeira, Martín (26 April 2007). "South Africa International Matches 1947–1955". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ↑ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando; Tabeira, Martín (28 May 2009). "South Africa – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ↑ Matthews, p. 186.
- ↑ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ Slier, Lionel (9 May 2008). "Community Buzz" (PDF). Jewish Report. 12 (17): 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2012.