Antal Vágó , ''Weiss'' (9 August 1891 – 30 December 1944) was a Hungarian international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a midfielder. Vágó, who was

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, played club football for MTK, playing midfield for 12 seasons and winning the league nine time, and Fővárosi TC. He also represented Hungarian national team at international level, earning 17 caps between 1908 and 1917. He also competed at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

. He was shot dead into the Danube during the Arrow Cross rule.EZEN A NAPON HUNYT EL VÁGÓ ANTAL, AKI A FASIZMUS ÁLDOZATA LETT
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References

Sources

* Antal Zoltán – Hoffer József: Alberttől Zsákig, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1968 * Rejtő László – Lukács László – Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1977,

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