Sándor Bródy (15 August 1884 – 19 April 1944) was a

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ish- Hungarian

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player. He competed for Hungary at the 1912 Olympics and was a star in the national side. His first appearance in Ferencvaros was in 1902 and he played in the starting lineup until 1914. He took part in the

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in the Austro-Hungarian army, and in March 1915 he was captured by the Russian Army in the Polish city of

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and spent the rest of the war in the Russian prison camp at Berezovka on the river Ob in

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. He played in 17 matches for the Hungary national side and scored once (1906–1913). Later he worked as a coach for Swedish side IFK Goteborg (1921–1923) and for his former club, Ferencváros (1937). During the

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, he was arrested along with other Jews during the Nazi occupation of Hungary and subsequently murdered.

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External links

Profile of Sándor Bródy on JewsInSports.org
- date of birth 15 August 1884 1884 births People from Senica District Footballers from the Trnava Region People from the Kingdom of Hungary Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Jewish footballers Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Ferencvárosi TC footballers Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Hungarian football managers Hungarian expatriate football managers IFK Göteborg managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Ferencvárosi TC managers Expatriate football managers in Sweden 1944 deaths Men's association football midfielders Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust Hungarian civilians killed in World War II Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war in World War I World War I prisoners of war held by Russia {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub