Lajos Vákár (; 8 September 1910 – 10 September 1993)
was a Hungarian and Romanian ice hockey player and coach.
Born in
Csíkszereda
Miercurea Ciuc (; hu, Csíkszereda, ; german: Szeklerburg) is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt Ri ...
,
Austria-Hungary (today Miercurea Ciuc, Romania), Vákár was a founding member of
HSC Csíkszereda in 1929 and spent his entire career with the club until his retirement 1954, except a short spell at Telefon Club Bucharest (1935–37),
winning two Romanian titles in 1949 and 1952. He played for the
Romanian national team
The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), also ...
in the 1930s and participated at three World Championships (1933, 1934, 1935). After retiring from playing he helped HSC Csíkszereda as coach and advisor.
In the final years of
World War II he fought for the
Royal Hungarian Army on the eastern border of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Vákár died in 1993; in 1999 the skating rink in Miercurea Ciuc was renamed in his honor and since then it is known as
Lajos Vákár Ice Hall
Lajos Vákár Ice Hall ( hu, Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, ro, Patinoarul Lajos Vákár) is a multi-purpose hall in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.
The arena is frequently used for concerts, indoor sports such as ice hockey, exhibitions and shows and ...
. A relief, portraying Vákár is to find in the ice hall's lobby. The work of sculptor Zoltán Sárpátki was inaugurated in 2004.
References
1910 births
1993 deaths
Sportspeople from Miercurea Ciuc
Székely people
Romanian ice hockey players
Hungarian ice hockey players
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Hungarian military personnel of World War II
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