1. James Earl Boatwright was an American-Israeli professional basketball player, basketball coach, and schoolteacher.
16 Facts About Jim Boatwright
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Jim Boatwright won two EuroLeague championships with Maccabi Tel Aviv, in 1977 and 1981, while reaching the EuroLeague Final another time in 1980.
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Jim Boatwright graduated from Minico High School in Rupert, Idaho, in 1970, where he lettered in basketball, track and golf.
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Jim Boatwright led the Spartans to back-to-back state championship games in 1969 and 1970.
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Jim Boatwright still holds the record for most free throws taken and made.
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Jim Boatwright was the leading scorer in both his junior and senior seasons at Logan, and was named Utah State's top athlete in 1974, the same year in which he graduated with a degree in political science.
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Jim Boatwright played for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Super League, from 1974 to 1982.
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Jim Boatwright began playing only in EuroLeague, until 1976, when he started playing in the Israeli League.
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Maccabi won the EuroLeague championship in 1977, and Jim Boatwright was the team's leading scorer.
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Jim Boatwright converted to Judaism from Christianity in 1975, and became an Israeli citizen.
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Jim Boatwright was selected as a member of the Israeli Olympic basketball team for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics.
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Jim Boatwright was consequently able to participate in the EuroBasket 1981, as a member of the senior Israeli national team.
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In 1983, Jim Boatwright began teaching and coaching at Star Valley, Wyoming.
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In 2003, Jim Boatwright became an assistant boys' basketball coach and history teacher at Wood River High School of Hailey, Idaho.
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Jim Boatwright was born to William Boatwright who operated a service station in Twin Falls, where Jim was born in 1951.
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Jim Boatwright died on February 11,2013, of liver cancer in Ketchum, Idaho.