Henrik Nádler (19 March 1901 – 26 February 1945) was a Hungarian international

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who played as a

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. He was a seven-time Hungarian champion while playing 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 ...

Biography

Nádler was born in

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and was

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. He was the son of Izsák, a suitcase maker, and Roza Acht, and had six siblings: Bertalan, Emma, Gizella, Illés, Renee, and Rozalia. He played football for

between 1919 and 1930. Nádler was a seven-time league champion for MTK (1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, and 1928–29) and two-time

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

winner (1923 and 1925). He scored six goals in 107 matches in all competitions for the club. Between 1924 and 1926, Nádler earned seven caps for the Hungary national team. He was a member of the team that participated in 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 ...

, but he did not play in any matches. Nádler died as a laborer at the hands of the

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s during

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. While the place and time of his death is given in some sources as

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in 1945, he died in Germany, in

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, on 12 May 1944.

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