Adolf Kertész (15 March 1892 – November 1920; nicknamed "Kertész III")
was a Hungarian
footballer
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who played as a
half back at both the professional level for
MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...
(winning the
Hungarian League championship four times and the
Hungarian Cup
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once) and the international level for the
Hungary national football team
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. He was Jewish.
[Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965)]
''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports''
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Career
Kertész played left midfielder
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in club football for MTK between 1909 and 1920.[Andrew Handler (1985)]
''From the Ghetto to the Games; Jewish Athletes in Hungary''
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at international level, earning 11 caps between 1911 and 1920.
Personal life
Kertész, who was Jewish, was born in Kisfalud, Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...
.Saarbrücken
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, Germany, where he had settled, in November 1920, aged 28.
See also
*List of Jewish footballers
The following is a list of Jewish association football players, organized by nationality.
See also
*List of Jews in sports
* History of the Jews in association football
References
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Jewish
Footballers
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References
External links
Jews In Sports
Inscription and photo of his tombstone in the Saarbrücken Jewish Cemetery
1892 births
1920 deaths
People from Fejér County
Footballers from Saarbrücken
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian men's footballers
Hungary men's international footballers
MTK Budapest FC players
Jewish footballers
Jewish Hungarian sportspeople
Road incident deaths in Hungary
Men's association football defenders
Road incident deaths in Germany
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