Ferenc Szedlacsek, also known as František Sedláček, (10 October 1898 – 14 November 1973) was a

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who played international football for both

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

and

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. He played as a

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for DFC Prag, Brooklyn Wanderers and

Ferencváros Ferencváros (, ) is the 9th district of Budapest (), Hungary. Name The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary. History The developmen ...

. He later had a long career as a coach in Czechoslovakia.

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1898 births 1973 deaths Czech people of Hungarian descent Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Men's association football midfielders Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in the United States Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States DFC Prag players {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub