Antal Vágó , ''Weiss'' (9 August 1891 – 30 December 1944) was a Hungarian international

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who played as a midfielder. Vágó, who was

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, played club football for MTK, playing midfield for 12 seasons and winning the league nine time, and Fővárosi TC. He also represented Hungary national team at international level, earning 17 caps between 1908 and 1917. He also competed at the

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. He was shot dead into the Danube during the Arrow Cross rule.

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Antal Vágó Bio, Stats and Results
* Antal Zoltán – Hoffer József: Alberttől Zsákig, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1968 * Rejtő László – Lukács László – Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1977,

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