Adolf Kertész (15 March 1892 – November 1920; nicknamed "Kertész III")
was a Hungarian
footballer
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who played as a
half back at both the professional level for
MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrest ...
(winning the
Hungarian League championship four times and the
Hungarian Cup
The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...
once) and the international level for the
Hungary national football team
The Hungary national football team ( hu, magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) represents Hungary in men's international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made 9 appearances in the FIFA World Cup and 4 a ...
. He was Jewish.
[Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965)]
''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports''
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Career
Kertész played left midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
in club football for MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrest ...
between 1909 and 1920.[Andrew Handler (1985)]
''From the Ghetto to the Games; Jewish Athletes in Hungary''
/ref> He scored 19 goals in 148 league matches.Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
at international level, earning 11 caps between 1911 and 1920.
Personal life
Kertész, who was Jewish, was born in Kisfalud, Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
.Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is ...
, Germany, where he had settled, in November 1920, aged 28.
See also
*List of Jewish footballers
The following is a list of Jewish footballers (soccer), organised by nationality.
See also
*List of Jews in sports
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References
External links
Jews In Sports
Inscription and photo of his tombstone in the Saarbrücken Jewish Cemetery
1892 births
1920 deaths
People from Fejér County
Sportspeople from Saarbrücken
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian footballers
Hungary international footballers
MTK Budapest FC players
Jewish footballers
Hungarian Jews
Road incident deaths in Hungary
Association football defenders
Road incident deaths in Germany
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