Leuchter, Israel

Son of Yosef and Greta. He was born on January 6, 1951 in Netanya. He studied at the Balfour Elementary School in Tel Aviv and continued his studies at the Ziv High School in Jaffa, where he was a disciplined student with an excellent grasp and great talent for studies. He was a soccer player of Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1963-1969 and devoted many hours of his free time to training and deepening theoretical knowledge in the various sports fields, and was drafted into the IDF in August 1969 and volunteered for the Israel Air Force. After basic training and after completing his technical-aviation training course, he graduated with honors, was sent to an IAF unit, was quickly absorbed and liked by everyone. In his release order, Israel was judged to be a disciplined soldier, fulfilling his duties to the satisfaction of his commanders, who had a sense and a good grasp. When he was discharged from the army in 1972, Israel began to study in Jerusalem and then continued his studies at Tel Aviv University, where he was awarded the title of “Sports Knowledge Champion” in 1972. A year later he joined the sport team Pendel, And one of the great and great articles he published was ‘My Eleven Brothers’ – in memory of the 11 athletes who were murdered in Munich, Pendel editors say: “Israel received a special section for him – ‘a question for an expert’. Immediately after the publication of the section was flooded with letters from readers who asked difficult and complicated questions, and Israel responded to every issue. His knowledge of all sports was thorough and not just tennis – his main hobby is the articles published in Pendel, which testify to his knowledge of English and world soccer, athletics and basketball. In 1974 he was sent as a correspondent for the newspaper “Maariv” to Europe and during this tour saw the World Championship football games, the tennis tournament in Wimbledon and the game of the world’s greatest sports, spoke with them and photographed with them. Israel was known for its modesty and all the boasting was foreign to its character. When he left for reserve duty for the last time, he did not return from him, worked on preparing lists and material for his section and subsequent issues, and out of a sense of responsibility he added non-urgent material to every case. “On 17.9.1974, – Reserves. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He was survived by a father and two sisters.