Gyula Kertész

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Gyula Kertész
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-02-29)29 February 1888
Place of birth , Austria-Hungary
Date of death 1 May 1982 (aged 94)
Place of death New York, NY, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1912 MTK Budapest
National team
Hungary 1 (0)
Teams managed
1928–1930 FC Basel
1931–1932 Hamburger SV
1932–1933 VfB Leipzig
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gyula Kertész (also known as Julius Kertész; 29 February 1888 – 1 May 1982) was a Hungarian international footballer who played the forward position alongside his two brothers, Vilmos and Adolf.[1] Kertész was born in Kálnica in what was then Hungary, and was Jewish.[2]

Career[]

Playing career[]

Kertész played club football for MTK Budapest in 1906/1907 to 1911/1912.[1] He also played international football for Hungary, where he earned one cap against Austria in 1912.[3]

In 1911, to supplement his income, along with fellow MTK player Izidor Kürschner he set up a photographic studio.[4]

Coaching career[]

Kertész coached several clubs in Germany, such as Union Altona (1921–24) and Victoria Hamburg (1924-28), and in other countries including France and Scandinavia during the 1920s.[5] He managed Swiss side FC Basel between 1928 and 1930.[6] In January 1931 he took over at Hamburger SV, where he successfully revamped the team, adding Rudolf Noack and other promising new players[7] until he was appointed by VfB Leipzig in the summer of 1932. After his contract had been dissolved by mutual agreement in May 1933,[8] Kertész left Germany and emigrated to the United States.

In the US, he worked in the record industry. His son, who called himself George Curtiss, was a leading manager at Remington Records.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Gyula Kertész". www.playmakerstats.com.
  2. ^ "Kertesz, Gyula". Jews in Sports. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  3. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Gyula Kertész". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. ^ Jonathan Wilson (2019). The Names Heard Long Ago; How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game
  5. ^ "Gyula Kertész". worldfootball.net.
  6. ^ "Ehemalige Trainer des FCB" (in German). FC Basel. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  7. ^ Skrentny & Prüß, Mit der Raute im Herzen, Hamburg 2008, p.78
  8. ^ VfB-Mitteilungen (The club's monthly magazine), May 1933 issue
  9. ^ Remington Records´ website, retrieved 14 Feb 2018


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