István Tóth-Potya (28 July 1891 – 6 February 1945) was a Hungarian amateur

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who played as a forward. He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the

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. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games and did not play a match in the 1912 football tournament. For the Hungary national team he played 19 games and scored 8 goals. He later had a coaching career, with alternating spells

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teams in Hungary and Italy.

Death

Returning from Italy and serving as a reserve officer in the Hungarian army, during

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he became a member of the Hungarian anti-fascist resistance following Hungary's invasion by Germany, in association with former teammate Geza Kertesz
news archive in Hungarian, from Four Four Two, ''Toth-Potya, Brull, Kertesz - Soccer victims of the Holocaust'', accessed 17 May 2021. helping several hundred people escape from Nazi custody and death. He and Kertesz were arrested by the German

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in late 1944 and executed in February 1945 in Budapest by Hitler's Hungarian allies, Szálasi's Arrow Cross henchmen. His body and that of Kertesz were reburied after the war in April 1946 in

Kerepesi Cemetery Kerepesi Cemetery (Hungarian: ''Kerepesi úti temető'' or ''Kerepesi temető'', official name: ''Fiumei úti nemzeti sírkert'', i.e. "Fiume Road National Graveyard") is the most famous cemetery in Budapest. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in ...

, Budapest.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toth, Istvan 1891 births 1945 deaths Footballers from Budapest Hungarian men's footballers Ferencvárosi TC footballers Hungary men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Hungarian football managers Ferencvárosi TC managers US Triestina Calcio 1918 managers Inter Milan managers Újpest FC managers Men's association football forwards Hungarian resistance members Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany People executed by the Government of National Unity (Hungary) Burials at Kerepesi Cemetery