Sándor Gellér (12 July 1925 – 13 March 1996) was a Hungarian Olympic footballer who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

. He was Jewish, and was born in Veseuș, Romania. He made no appearances when he was in the Hungary national team at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, Finland. He played with Budapesti Vörös Lobogó between 1954 and 1955, and in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

for Hungary.

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''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, 1996 deaths 1925 births Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Hungarian men's footballers Jewish footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Hungary men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football 1954 FIFA World Cup players MTK Budapest FC players Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-goalkeeper-stub

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