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

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. He was

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, and was born in Veseuș,

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. He was part of the Hungarian national team at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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, but he did not play in any matches. He played with Budapesti Vörös Lobogó between 1954 and 1955, and in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

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, 1925 births Hungarian footballers Hungary international footballers 1996 deaths Olympic footballers of 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 Jewish footballers Hungarian Jews Association football goalkeepers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-footy-goalkeeper-stub

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