Hymie Kloner
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 May 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Lithuania | ||
| Date of death | July 2010 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | South Africa | ||
| Position(s) | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Marist Brothers (Transvaal) | ||
| 1950 | Birmingham City | 1 | (0) |
| – | Rangers FC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1950 | South Africa | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hymie Kloner (23 May 1929 – July 2010) was a South African professional footballer who won four caps for his national team and who played in the Football League for Birmingham City. He played as a right half.
Kloner was born in Lithuania,[1] the son of Jewish parents.[2] The family emigrated to South Africa when Kloner was a boy.[1] Though his parents were not keen on his playing football, the principal of the Jewish Government School encouraged him, and he eventually played for the Marist Brothers club.[2] In June and July 1950, the 21-year-old Kloner played four matches for the South Africa national football team against a touring Australia team.[3][4] In October 1950 Kloner represented South Africa at the 1950 Maccabiah Games.[5]
Later that year he came to England as a triallist. He was taken on by Birmingham City, and played once in the Football League, on 2 December 1950, standing in for Len Boyd in the Second Division game away to Leeds United which Leeds won 3–0.[6] Kloner returned to South Africa that same month, and continued his football career domestically[7] with Rangers FC.[1] He played representative football for Southern Transvaal, and in 1954 played against a touring Israeli team.[A]
In later life Kloner took up bowls. He died in July 2010.[1]
