Vilmos Kertész II (21 March 1890 – 15 September 1962) was a Hungarian international Olympian

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. He played alongside his two brothers, Gyula and

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Early life

Kertész was born in Vieska nad Žitavou, Austria-Hungary, and was Jewish.

Career

Kertész played club football at the

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and

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positions for

MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...

from 1908 to 1924. Andrew Handler (1994)
''From Goals to Guns; The Golden Age of Soccer in Hungary, 1950-1956''
/ref>Andrew Handler (1985)
''From the Ghetto to the Games; Jewish Athletes in Hungary''
/ref>Dominic Bliss (2014)
''Erbstein: the triumph and tragedy of football's forgotten pioneer''
/ref> He played alongside his two brothers, Gyula and

. He was a midfielder for NSC Budapest from 1924 to 1926. He played international football for the

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, where he earned a total of 47 caps, scoring 11 goals. Kertész also participated at the

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and the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

.Jonathan Wilson (2019)
''The Names Heard Long Ago; How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game''
/ref> Kertész coached Ékszerész SC,

Budapesti Vasas SC Vasas SC () is a Hungarian sports club based in Budapest. Members of the ''Hungarian Union of Iron Workers'' founded the club as ''Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja'', the "Sport Club of Iron and Metal Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club ...

(1926–30), and Ripensia Timişoara (1931-32).

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Vilmos Kertesz
at JewsInSports.org * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kertesz, Vilmos 1890 births 1962 deaths Footballers from Budapest Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics MTK Budapest FC players Jewish footballers Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Men's association football midfielders Men's association football inside forwards Vasas SC managers FC Ripensia Timișoara Hungarian football managers

Early life

Career

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