István Tóth (footballer)
Hungarian footballer and manager
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István Tóth-Potya (28 July 1891 – 6 February 1945) was a Hungarian amateur footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | István Tóth-Potya | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 6 February 1945 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ferencváros | |||
| International career | |||
| 1909–1928 | Hungary | 19 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 teammate Geza Kertesz[3] helping several hundred Jews 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]