Sándor Gellér (12 July 1925 – 13 March 1996) was a Hungarian Olympic football player who played goalkeeper.[1][2][3][4][5] He was Jewish, and was born in Veseuș, Romania.[6][1][7][8][9]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 July 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Veseuș, Kingdom of Romania | ||
| Date of death | 13 March 1996 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1947 | Püspökladányi SC | ||
| 1947–1962 | MTK Budapest | 260 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1950–1956 | Hungary | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He made no appearances when he was in the Hungary national team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[10] He played with Budapesti Vörös Lobogó between 1954 and 1955, and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Hungary.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-60280-013-7.
- ^ Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-57488-284-1.
- ^ "Football: Sandor Geller". Footballdatabase.eu. 12 July 1925. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "1969 European Championship for Men: Hungary". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "Olympic Games". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "Еврейский Футбольный Мир – 5". Центральный Еврейский Ресурс SEM40.
- ^ Andrew Handler (1985). From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary. East European Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-085-5.
- ^ Geoffrey Wigoder (1974). Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary. Keter Publishing House Jerusalem. ISBN 978-0-7065-1412-4.
- ^ The Jewish Lists: Physicists and Generals, Actors and Writers, and Hundreds of Other Lists of Accomplished Jews. Schocken Books. 1979. ISBN 9780805237115.
- ^ "Sándor Gellér". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Sandor Geller". Usa.worldfootball.net. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
External links
edit- Soccer: technique, tactics, coaching, Árpád Csanádi, Corvina Press, 1972
- From goals to guns: the golden age of soccer in Hungary, 1950–1956, Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1994, ISBN 0-88033-298-0
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