Henrik Nádler (19 March 1901 – 26 February 1945) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a left midfielder.[2][3] He was a seven-time Hungarian champion while playing for MTK Budapest.[4][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 26 February 1945 (aged 43)[1] | ||
| Place of death |
Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Nazi Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1930 | MTK Budapest | ||
| International career | |||
| 1924–1926 | Hungary | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
editNádler was born in Budapest and was Jewish.[4] He was the son of Izsák, a suitcase maker, and Roza Acht, and had six siblings: Bertalan, Emma, Gizella, Illés, Renee, and Rozalia.[5]
He played football for MTK Budapest between 1919 and 1930. Nádler was a seven-time league champion for MTK (1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, and 1928–29) and two-time Hungarian Cup winner (1923 and 1925).[3][4][6] He scored six goals in 107 matches in all competitions for the club.[4]
Between 1924 and 1926, Nádler earned seven caps for the Hungary national team.[4] He was a member of the team that participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics,[7] but he did not play in any matches.[8]
Nádler died as a laborer at the hands of the Nazis during World War II.[4] While the place and time of his death is given in some sources as Mauthausen concentration camp in 1945,[4] he died in Germany, in Buchenwald concentration camp, on 12 May 1944.[4][3]
References
edit- ^ Date and place of death, original documents, archive
- ^ Jakov Sobovitz. "The History of Sport and Physical Education among the Jewish People in Hungary in the Last 120 Years". International Society of Olympic Historians.
- ^ a b c d Bolchover, David (May 6, 2019). "Remembering the cream of Jewish footballing talent killed in the Holocaust". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nádler Henrikre emlékezünk". mtkbudapest.hu. December 5, 2019. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Vizkelety, Vincent (8 July 2020). "Graffiti in Budapest: The Mystery of Renée Nadler". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ McDougall, Alan (2020). Contested Fields: A Global History of Modern Football. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781487594565 – via Google Books.
- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics - The Results (Football)". sport-olympic.gr.
- ^ "Henrik Nádler". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
External links
edit- Henrik Nádler at WorldFootball.net