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JEHOSHUA
ALOUF (WOLPIANSKY)
Sport: Official/Administrator
Inducted: 1981
Country: Israel
Born: March 4, 1900, in Slonim, Poland
Died: 1980
As a leading figure of Maccabi Jerusalem
and Maccabi Tel Aviv, Alouf organized
the first five World Maccabiah Games. In the 1930s, he was
one of
the founders of the Amateur Sports Association and the Eretz
Yisrael
Olympic Committee.
An outstanding gymnast with Maccabi Warsaw from 1916 to 1929,
Alouf studied physical education in Denmark. Immigrating
to Palestine
in about 1930, he was a pioneer teacher of physical education
and sports
in the Holy Land. He authored many books on physical education.
In 1935, Alouf became supervisor of physical education in
Palestine and served as director of the Israel department
of physical
education from
1953 to 1957. |
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