Reuven Tal (Hebrew: ראובן טל) was an Israeli footballer and sportsperson.
[2] Upon returning to Palestine, Tal joined Hapoel Jerusalem[3] while also competing with the club's athletics team, winning the 1500 meters run in the 1949 national youth athletics championship.
[3] In 1950 Tal was conscripted to the army and joined the Nahal Brigade.
While at the army, Tal played and coached at Hapoel Afula, and in 1951, after joining kibbutz Megiddo, and while working in the fields of the kibbutz, Tal maintained his involvement in sports, playing with the local volleyball club[4] and playing football with Hapoel Balfouria.
Tal also studied Physical education at the Wingate Institute and worked as a sports teach at the regional school.