Zivi Tzafriri

Zivi Tzafriri (; 8 July 1927 – 1 November 1956), was an Israeli Armor Corps officer who was killed during the Sinai War.

Early years Zivi Tzafriri was born in Ein Harod in British Mandate of Palestine to Ya'akov and Batia Tzafriri. The family moved to kibbutz Givat HaShlosha while Tzafriri was a child. He attended Ohel Shem high school in Ramat Gan, and late the Regional agricultural high school in Givat HaShlosha. During the war Tzafriri was transferred to the Armor Corps. After the war Tzafriri retired from the army and returned to Givat HaShlosha. In 1950 Tzafriri was re-enlisted to the army as an officer in the Armor Corps. are named after Tzafriri. After his death, his father issued two yearly scholarships to Mikveh Israel school, to Ohel Shem students and erected a fund for Hebrew University of Jerusalem students.

In football, Tzafriri was memorialized through several cups given in his honor, including the first ever Israel Super Cup, played between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva in 1957. The sports compound in Kiryat Shalom, home of Hapoel Kiryat Shalom, is also called after him.