Sándor Bodnár (20 September 1890 – 6 November 1955) was a Hungarian
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who competed in 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 a member of the
Hungarian Olympic squad and played one match in the
main tournament as well as two matches in the
consolation tournament. In the consolation tournament he scored one goal, but in the match when Hungary played against England he missed a penalty at 0:0.
He later stated that he didn't see a spike that a fieldworker left on the penalty spot. When he kicked the ball, he touched this spike.
His clubs in Hungary were the NSC (
Nemzeti SC
Nemzeti Sport Club or simply Nemzeti SC is a Hungarian football club from the town of, Terézváros, Budapest.
History
Nemzeti SC debuted in the 1909–10 season of the Hungarian League and finished third.
Name Changes
*1906–1926: Nemzeti ...
) and MAC (
Magyar AC
Magyar Atlétikai Club (English: ''Hungarian Athletic Club'') is a Hungarian football club from the city of Budapest.
History
Magyar AC debuted in the 1903 season of the Hungarian League and finished seventh.
Name Changes
*1875–1945: Ma ...
). He played 20 times on the national team and scored 18 goals (1910–1916). He scored the national team 100. goals in 1912 against Norway.
References
External links
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site FIFA
1890 births
1955 deaths
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian men's footballers
Hungary men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Hungary
Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Men's association football forwards
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