Sándor Gellér

The native form of this personal name is Gellér Sándor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Sándor Gellér (12 July 1925 – 13 March 1996) was a Hungarian Olympic football player who played goalkeeper.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He was Jewish, and was born in Veseuș, Romania.^{[6][1][7][8][9]}

Sándor Gellér

Personal information
Date of birth	(1925-07-12)12 July 1925
Place of birth	Veseuș, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death	13 March 1996(1996-03-13) (aged 70)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1947	Püspökladányi SC
1947–1962	MTK Budapest	260	(0)
International career
1950–1956	Hungary	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He made no appearances when he was in the Hungary national team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.^[10] He played with Budapesti Vörös Lobogó between 1954 and 1955, and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Hungary.^[11]

See also

• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References

1. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-60280-013-7.
2. Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-57488-284-1.
3. "Football: Sandor Geller". Footballdatabase.eu. 12 July 1925. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
4. . fiba.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
5. "Olympic Games". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
6. "Еврейский Футбольный Мир – 5". Центральный Еврейский Ресурс SEM40.
7. Andrew Handler (1985). From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary. East European Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-085-5.
8. Geoffrey Wigoder (1974). Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary. Keter Publishing House Jerusalem. ISBN 978-0-7065-1412-4.
9. The Jewish Lists: Physicists and Generals, Actors and Writers, and Hundreds of Other Lists of Accomplished Jews. Schocken Books. 1979. ISBN 9780805237115.
10. "Sándor Gellér". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
11. "Sandor Geller". Usa.worldfootball.net. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.

External links

• Soccer: technique, tactics, coaching, Árpád Csanádi, Corvina Press, 1972
• From goals to guns: the golden age of soccer in Hungary, 1950–1956, Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1994, ISBN 0-88033-298-0