Antal Vágó

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The Hungarian national team at the 1912 Olympic Games with Antal Vágó (back row, middle, with captain's badge)

Antal Vágó , born as Antal Weisz , (born August 9, 1891 in Pest ; died March 21, 1944 or December 30, 1944 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian football player of Jewish origin. In 1944 he became a victim of the Holocaust .

biography

In his youth, Antal Vágó played for Fővárosi TC and then from 1911 to 1923 for MTK Budapest FC . The MTK was an association founded in 1888 by upper-class Jews; At that time, associations of the Hungarian aristocrats were not accessible to Jews in Hungary. His position is stated as a midfielder who was also strong in defense; his congenial teammates were Gyula Bíró and Jenő Károly . During his time at MTK, the club was eight times Hungarian champions and five times cup winners. “Almost without exception, the best Jewish footballers in the country played for this club.” Vágó is considered one of the best players in the early history of Hungarian football: his club's website continues to praise his feel for the ball, his overview of the game and his accuracy of the pass.

On 27 July 1919, the MTK occurred arranging Walther Bensemann in Munich to a first friendly match on German soil against FC Bayern München on "friendly games against MTK were in demand as hot as today visits from Real Madrid or FC Barcelona ." Trainer of the team was Izidor Kürschner . The MTK beat Bayern 7-1.

In 1908 Vágó made his debut in the Hungarian national football team , for which he played a total of 17 times. He competed for Hungary at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm . Hungary lost to England 7-0, beating the German national team 3-1 and Austria 3-0 in the consolation round, so that the team finally finished fifth.

According to his association, Vágó is said to have been one of several thousand Jewish people who were rounded up and shot by fascist Arrow Crossers on the banks of the Danube in Budapest in the winter of 1944 (see Shoes on the Danube Bank ). According to other sources, he was said to have died in a concentration camp on March 21, 1944, as did his teammates from the MTK József Braun , Henrik Nádler and Imre Taussig .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ezen a napon hunyt el Vágó Antal, aki a fasizmus áldozata lett.MTK Budapest, accessed on April 5, 2020 (Hungarian).
  2. ↑ a b Vágó Antal. In: labdarugo.be. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Historical football game: When Bayern Munich learned to play. In: taz.de . July 27, 2019, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  4. ^ David Bolchover: Remembering the cream of Jewish footballing talent killed in the Holocaust. In: theguardian.com. July 10, 2019, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  5. ^ Alan McDougall: Contested Fields. ISBN 978-1-487-59458-9 , p. 120 ( limited preview in Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Vágó, Antal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weisz, Antal (original name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH pest
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1944 or December 30, 1944