Dezső Grósz
Dezső (Dé-zhuh) "Dan" Grósz (19 September 1898 – 13 March 1987)[1] was a Jewish Hungarian footballer who played for Vác-Újbuda LTC,[2] and earned two appearances for the Hungarian national team.[3]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dezső Grósz | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | Baja, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 13 March 1987 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1916–1918 | Vác-Újbuda LTC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1918–1926 | Vác-Újbuda LTC | ? | (?) |
| 1926–1926 | Hakoah Vienna | ? | (?) |
| 1927–1928 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 58 | (?) |
| 1928–1929 | Philadelphia Field Club | 18 | (?) |
| 1929–1930 | Hakoah All-Stars | 16 | (?) |
| 1930–1932 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 67 | (?) |
| 1933–1934 | Brooklyn Football Club | 9 | (?) |
| 1934–1937 | New York Americans | 64 | (?) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1924–1926 | Hungary | 2 | (?) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2016-01-17 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2016-01-17 | |||
Grósz played as a full-back for American Soccer League sides Brooklyn Wanderers[4] and Philadelphia Field Club.
Professional Soccer career
- Teams listed at right
- Appeared with Hungarian National Soccer Team in 1924 Paris Olympics
- 19 international caps
Personal life
- Born to Avram Grosz and Fani Schreiber on 19 September 1898 in Baja, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary
- Had nine siblings – Sofia, Irene, Sari, Kornel, Josa, Jeno, Josef, Lajos, Sandor, Frigyes
- Served as Lieutenant in Royal Hungarian army 1916–1920, including in Romania, Bukovina and Russia
- Emigrated to United States (New York City) in 1926
- Naturalized US Citizen
- Married Jeanne Elise Alexander, New York stage actress, 31 January 1930
- Moved permanently to California 1943
- One child – Phyllis June Grosz; two grandchildren – Barry and Julie
- Post-soccer career – bank teller for Public National Bank 1932–1943, Bank of America 1943–1963
References
- Profile of Dezső Grósz (in Hungarian)
- "Grosz, Deszo". Jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- "Grósz Dezső 2 / 0" (in Hungarian). Magyarvalogatott.hu. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- Wangerin, Dave (2006). Soccer in a Football World. WSC Books Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0954013476.
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