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István Tóth-Potya (28 July 1891 – 6 February 1945) was a Hungarian amateur footballer.

István Tóth

Personal information
Full name	István Tóth-Potya
Date of birth	(1891-07-28)28 July 1891
Place of birth	Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	6 February 1945(1945-02-06) (aged 53)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Ferencváros
National team
1909–1928	Hungary	19	(8)
Teams managed
1926–1930	Ferencváros
1930–1931	Triestina
1931–1932	Internazionale
1932–1934	Újpest
1934–1936	Triestina
1938–1939	Triestina
1943	Ferencváros[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games and did not play a match in the 1912 football tournament.[2]

For the Hungary national team he played 19 games and scored 8 goals. He later had a coaching career, with alternating spells managing teams in Hungary and Italy.

Death

Returning from Italy and serving as a reserve officer in the Hungarian army, during World War II he became a member of the Hungarian anti-fascist resistance following Hungary's invasion by Germany, in association with former team mate Geza Kertesz[3] helping several hundred people escape from Nazi custody and death.[4] He and Kertesz were arrested by the German Gestapo in late 1944 and executed in February 1945 in Budapest by Hitler's Hungarian allies, Szálasi's Arrow Cross henchmen.[3]

His body and that of Kertesz were reburied after the war in April 1946 in Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest.[3]

References

На других языках

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- [en] István Tóth (footballer)

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[it] István Tóth

István Tóth-Potya (Budapest, 28 luglio 1891 – Budapest, 6 febbraio 1945) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore ungherese, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Тот, Иштван (футболист)

Иштван Тот (венг. Tóth Potya István,  28 июля 1891, Будапешт —  6 февраля 1945, Будапешт) — венгерский футболист, игравший на позиции нападающего. По завершении игровой карьеры — футбольный тренер. Выступал, в частности, за клуб «Ференцварош», а также национальную сборную Венгрии. Двукратный чемпион Венгрии как игрок и четырехкратный чемпион Венгрии как тренер. Обладатель Кубка Митропы (как тренер).

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