Sándor Gellér

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

The native form of this personal name is Gellér Sándor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Sándor Gellér
Personal information
Date of birth (1925-07-12)12 July 1925
Place of birth Veseuș, Romania
Date of death 13 March 1996(1996-03-13) (aged 70)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) 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

He was part of the Hungarian national team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, but he did not play in any matches.[10] He played with Budapesti Vörös Lobogó between 1954 and 1955, and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Hungary.[11]

See also

References
  1. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-60280-013-7.
  2. Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-57488-284-1.
  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. "Еврейский Футбольный Мир – 5". Центральный Еврейский Ресурс SEM40.
  7. Andrew Handler (1985). From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary. East European Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-085-5.
  8. Geoffrey Wigoder (1974). Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary. Keter Publishing House Jerusalem. ISBN 978-0-7065-1412-4.
  9. The Jewish Lists: Physicists and Generals, Actors and Writers, and Hundreds of Other Lists of Accomplished Jews. Schocken Books. 1979. ISBN 9780805237115.
  10. "Sándor Gellér". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  11. "Sandor Geller". Usa.worldfootball.net. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
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