Vilmos Kertész (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

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, 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 is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestlin ...

from 1908 to 1924.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

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

and the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

.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 (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 footballers Hungary international footballers Olympic footballers of Hungary Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics MTK Budapest FC players Jewish footballers Hungarian Jews Association football midfielders Association football inside forwards Vasas SC managers FC Ripensia Timișoara Hungarian football managers

Early life

Career

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