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Ferenc Weisz

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Ferenc Weisz
Weisz in 1913
Personal information
Full name Ferenc Weisz
Date of birth 23 February 1885
Date of death 8 July 1944 (aged 59)
Place of death Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1920 Ferencváros 186 (105)
1915MTK (loan) 2 (0)
International career
1903–1917 Hungary 17 (3)
Managerial career
1920–1922 Újpest
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferenc Weisz (23 February 1885 – 8 July 1944) was a Hungarian football player and manager. Weisz, who was Jewish, played club football as a striker for Ferencváros and MTK, winning the Hungarian league nine times.[1][2] He also represented his country at international level, earning 17 caps between 1903 and 1917.[1] After retiring as a player in 1920, Weisz became manager of Újpest between 1920 and 1922.[1]

Weisz was deported with his wife from the Budapest outskirts to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, where he was murdered.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bolchover, David (6 May 2019). "Remembering the cream of Jewish footballing talent killed in the Holocaust". The Guardian – via theguardian.com.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Bloch Publishing Company. 1965. p. 419.
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