Dezső Grósz
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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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 | (?) |
International career‡ | |||
1924–1926 | Hungary | 2 | (?) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2016-01-17 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2016-01-17 |
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 Hungary national team.[3] Grósz played as a full-back for American Soccer League sides Brooklyn Wanderers[4] and Philadelphia Field Club.[5]
Professional Soccer career
[edit]- Teams listed at right
- Appeared with the Hungary National Soccer Team in 1924 Paris Olympics
- 19 international caps
Personal life
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dezső Grósz". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1987 deaths
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players
- Philadelphia Field Club players
- American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Hungary
- Hungarian football defender stubs