Antal Szalay (12 March 1912 – 4 April 1960) was a Hungarian

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who played for

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, as well as on the

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at the

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and the

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. In

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he was part of the team that lost the World Cup final in

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, France, with 2–4 to Italy. He went on to coach

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FC Craiova FC Craiova Football Club was founded in 1940 by the merging of two teams from Craiova and Dolj County: Craiu Craiovan Craiova and Rovine Griviţa Craiova. The newly created team qualified for Divizia A immediately, ranking ninth in the 1940–4 ...

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, Pro Patria. There are reports that he may have spent 1957 in

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, where his compatriot Nándor Lengyel was coaching the

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in this period. It is generally said, that he moved to Australia in the late 1950s, and that he may have coached St. George Budapest, a club run by Hungarian immigrants there. There is no record of Szalay having been the headcoach of the club. Also, hard information on his death is not readily available. There is a record of a man named Antal Szalay with the birthdate of 3 March 1912 who has died from a heart attack on 10 May 1959 in Olary in the outback of

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, circa 120 kilometres west of

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.An image (#4) with a plate bearing his name can be found here
And now
Radium Hill Historical Association This would imply, that Szalay found employment within the context of the local

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uranium mine. Some websites, such as ''National Football Teams'' report that he may have died on 21 April 1960.

Honours

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: Finalist

* Hungarian Championship: 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1938–39 * Hungarian Cup: Finalist 1933 *

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: 1939

External links

Szalay Antal (Újpest 1912.03.03 - Olary 1959.05.10)
Magyarfutball *
Antal Szalay
EU-Football *

References

1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian football managers Hungary men's international footballers Újpest FC players Men's association football midfielders Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Hungarian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Romania Expatriate football managers in Italy 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen 1912 births 1959 deaths {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub