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 ...
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.
See also
*
List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players
References
External links
''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
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