"Uncle Schweitzer"

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DAVID (DOVID) SCHWEITZER (18 JULY 1925 – 17 AUGUST 1997) WAS AN ISRAELI FOOTBALLER AND COACH, FROM THE ISRAEL FOOTBALL TEAM IN 1973–1977.

BIOGRAPHY
SCHWEITZER BEGAN HIS WAY AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER AND BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE HE PLAYED IN THE TEL AVIV GROUP, BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEAGUE. AT THE SAME TIME, SCHWEZER ALSO BEGAN TO PLAY SOCCER IN THE NORTH WORKERS OF TEL AVIV, WHICH WAS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE TEL AVIV WORKER, AND TOGETHER WITH WHICH BOLT AND OTHER YOUNG PLAYERS WERE ALIGNED WITH THE TEAM TO THE TOP LEAGUE. WHEN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE BROKE OUT, THE LEAGUE, AND AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN THE WAR, HE ABANDONED BASKETBALL AND BECAME A PERMANENT CAR PLAYER IN TEL AVIV, ON THE MEDIA PLAYED AS A HUMAN SHIELD UNTIL 1956, ALONGSIDE JACOB HOUDOV AND THE EXPANSION OF ROSENBAUM. ON OCTOBER 10, 1953, HE SCORED HIS ONLY HAIR IN THE GROUP’S UNIFORM, IN A GAME AGAINST THE OPERATION OF THE CRUSADER LEVEL. AFTER LEAVING TEL AVIV, HE WENT TO PLAY THE HAIFA WORKER, WHERE HE ALSO BEGAN TO TRAIN THE CLUB'S YOUTH GROUP, AND PLAYED A SHORT PERIOD IN THE WORKERS OF LIFE.

THE ISRAELI TEAM FIRST APPEARED ON JULY 30, 1949, IN A FRIENDSHIP GAME AGAINST THE CYPRUS TEAM. SCHWESSER ALSO APPEARED IN THE UNIFORM OF THE ISRAELI TEAM AT THE CENTERS OF MANDAL 1950 AND FOCUSED ON MANDAL 1954, AND AT THE END OF IT ALL HE RECORDED SIX APPEARANCES IN THE CHOSEN UNIFORM. ON MAY 1, 1954, HE MADE HIS FINAL APPEARANCE IN THE TEAM, IN A BIONSBURG FRIENDSHIP GAME AGAINST THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM.

IN THE 50S OF THE 20TH CENTURY, SCHWEITZER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISA'S PHOTOGRAPHY LABORATORY.

IN 1989, HE TOOK PART IN YOSSI ZOOMER'S FILM "ROSSSES" AS A FITNESS COACH.

CAREER AS A COACH
AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM AN ACTIVE GAME, HE PASSED A TRAINING COURSE IN COLOGNE, GERMANY AND BECAME A SUCCESSFUL SOCCER COACH, AND HE ALSO TRAINED THE ISRAELI TEAM. AS A COACH, HE WAS WELL KNOWN THAT HE WOULD PRODUCE A LOT OF HIS EMPTINESS, USUALLY DEFENSIVE TACTICS, AND HIS ABILITY TO PRODUCE THE BEST FROM GROUPS OF PLAYERS WHOSE QUALITY IS LIMITED. "A DIVIDEND GETS RESULTS" WAS THE COMMON PASSWORD. IN THE 1980S, THE NEWSPAPER "NEWS" MADE IT THE NICKNAME "THE SHARK", WITH THE INTENTION TO MARK ITS GREAT ABILITY TO ACHIEVE VICTORY IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. THE NAME STUCK IN IT FOR MANY YEARS. SCHWEITZER WAS KNOWN IN HIS TRIAL "EVERYBODY IS WORKING ON EVERYONE," AND IS CONSIDERED CRITICAL.

AMONG HIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A COACH.
THE RISE OF THE OPERATION HILL RAMAT GAN TO THE NATIONAL AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN ITS FIRST SEASON IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE (1964). AT THE TIME, IN THE WHOLE GROUP, LEVI AND THE FOREST OF JACOB WERE DESTROYED.
WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AS A COACH OPERATING IN TEL AVIV (1966), AS UNDER WHICH THE TEAM OF GIDEON TISH, WHO WILL ARRIVE IN THE GAME, EZEKIEL CHAMUM AND GEORGE BOV.
WINNING THE STATE CUP AS A GARDEN-LEVEL POWER COACH IN 1969.
WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE MACCABI OF TEL AVIV IN 1970, AS UNDER WHICH GIORA SPIEGEL AND CEY ROSEN.
HE WAS THE FIRST COACH TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH TEL AVIV AND WITH THE MACCABI OF TEL AVIV (AFTER WHICH ISAAC MADE IT A LIGHT AND A SHARDTEN).
LEADING THE HEAVENS TO WIN THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN ITS HISTORY (1971), AS UNDER WHICH MORDECAI SPIELER AND SARAGA BAR.
WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE ACTING OF TEL AVIV IN 1981 AND 1986, AS UNDER WHICH THE MACCABEES RALLIED TO TURK, MOSHE SINAI, ELI COHEN, GILI LANDAU, SATURN LEVI AND MORRIS ZHUANO.
LEADING THE JERUSALEM TRIBUNAL TO THE SECOND PLACE IN 1984, WHEN THE BEITER LED THE LEAGUE IN THE FIRST PLACE IN MOST OF THE SEASON, AND LOST THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO HAIFA MACCABI IN THE LAST CYCLE, AND FOR THE COUNTRY’S SAKE WITH BEITAR IN 1985, UNDER WHICH URI MALMIEL, ELI ONNA AND EAST.
THE TEL AVIV INCREASE FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN 1990.

WITH THE ISRAELI TEAM.
WINNING THE ASIAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BANGKOK IN 1972 (WITH THE YOUTH TEAM).
THE HUMILIATION OF THE ASIAN GAME FINAL IN TEHRAN IN 1974, WHERE ISRAEL LOST 1:0 TO THE IRANIAN TEAM.
A QUARTERFINAL IN THE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN MONTREAL IN 1976.

ONLY WON