Vilmos Halpern (12 February 1910 – 27 September 1969) was a Hungarian football player and manager who managed Dutch side

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between 1940 and 1941, before moving to Dutch amateur side NOAD. He later managed a number of club sides in Switzerland -

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(1951) and

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(1955–1956). He also coached , , , and

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Personal life

Vilmos was born in Budapest, to Sara Izrael and Chaim Wolf Halpern. He was married to Antje Postma.

References

1910 births 1969 deaths Footballers from Budapest Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian football managers Alemannia Aachen managers AFC Ajax managers AC Bellinzona managers SVV Scheveningen managers Hungarian expatriate football managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate football managers in Germany Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Hungary-footy-bio-stub