Ronald Green (basketball)

Green was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and was Jewish.^[2][3][4][5] He was raised by Morris and Florence Green.^[5] He was 6' 6" (198 cm) tall.^[1] His son Erin Green also played professional basketball in Israel.^[6]

He attended Miami Beach High School, where Green played on the basketball team from 1960 to 1962, and was named All-City First Team.^[5]

Green attended Vanderbilt University (B.A. in Business Administration, '66; MBA University of Miami , '69), on a full scholarship.^[7][1][5] He played for the Vanderbilt Commodores from 1963 to 1966.^{[1][8][9][10][11][12]} In 1964–65, the team won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship.^[5]

He played basketball for Team USA in the 1965 Maccabiah Games alongside Tal Brody and Steve Chubin, winning a gold medal, and in the 1969 Maccabiah Games alongside Steve Kaplan, Jack Langer, and Neal Walk, winning a silver medal.^[13][14][15]

Green played professionally in the Israel Basketball Premier League for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1970–71, averaging 14.1 points per game.^[5][16][17] He played on the Israeli national basketball team, winning a silver medal with the team at the 1970 Asian Games.^[18] In addition, he played in the Italian Professional League.^[5]

After playing basketball abroad, and marrying an Israeli nurse, Green returned to Miami to work with Green Brothers Food Brokerage, as well as an account manager with Buitoni and Häagen-Dazs.^[5][19] Green suffered from a rare disease known as multiple system atrophy.^[5] Green married Carol Litman, a high school English teacher, in 1983. She cared for him as MSA took his life.