Ferenc_Weisz

Ferenc Weisz

Ferenc Weisz

Hungarian footballer and manager

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]

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The native form of this personal name is Weisz Ferenc . This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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

References

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


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