Sándor Gellér

Sándor Gellér
Personal information
Date of birth (1925-07-12)12 July 1925
Place of birth Vesszős, Romania
Date of death 13 March 1996(1996-03-13) (aged 70)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1947 Püspökladányi SC
1947–1962 MTK Budapest 260 (0)
National team
1950–1956 Hungary 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sándor Gellér (12 July 1925 - 13 March 1996) was a Hungarian Olympic soccer player who played goalkeeper.[1][2][3][4][5] He was Jewish, and was born in Vesszős, Romania.[6][7][8][9]

He won a gold medal with the Hungarian national team on 2 August at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[1][2] He played with Budapesti Vörös Lobogó between 1954 and 1955, and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Hungary.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 1-60280-013-8. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. ISBN 1-57488-284-8. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Football: Sandor Geller". Footballdatabase.eu. 12 July 1925. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "1969 European Championship for Men: Hungary". fiba.com. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Games". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  6. ↑ п∙п╡я─п╣п╧я│п╨п╦п╧ п╓я┐я┌п╠п╬п╩я▄п╫я▀п╧ п°п╦я─ – 5. » п╕п╣п╫я┌я─п╟п╩я▄п╫я▀п╧ п∙п╡я─п╣п╧я│п╨п╦п╧ п═п╣я│я┐я─я│ SEM40
  7. ↑ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
  8. ↑ From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary - Andrew Handler
  9. ↑ Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
  10. ↑ "Sandor Geller". Usa.worldfootball.net. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  • Soccer: technique, tactics, coaching, Árpád Csanádi, Corvina Press, 1972
  • From goals to guns: the golden age of soccer in Hungary, 1950–1956, Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1994, ISBN 0-88033-298-0


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