Bob Griffin

Bob Griffin (; born June 24, 1950) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the point guard and shooting guard positions. He played basketball in the Israeli Basketball Premier League from 1972 to 1979. He is now an associate professor of English literature at Texas A&M University.

Biography Robert (Bob) Griffin grew up in Port Washington, on the North Shore of Long Island in New York State, and attended Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School ('68). He is tall.

Griffin married Ariela, an accountant for the Steimatzky bookstore of Yemeni-Jewish descent, whom he met at a bus stop in Israel. A Jewish-American, he became an Israeli citizen under Israel's Law of Return. The highlight was playing for the Maccabi Tel Aviv team that won the 1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup.