Gyula Polgár

Gyula Polgár ( born February 8, 1912 in Kistelek; † January 24, 1992 in Sydney) was a Hungarian football player who participated with the national team of his native country at the World Championships in 1934 and 1938.

Playing career

Club career

Gyula Polgár was born on February 8, 1912 in Kistelek, a city in Csongrád in Austria - Hungary, his footballing career began at Kisteleki TE, before 1930 the Budapest club Hungaria Budapest, which is now again named MTK Budapest FC, changed. In Hungaria he stayed only a year before he joined the smaller capital club Budai 11 joined. In the club, in 1958 broke up, it kept Gyula Polgár, who acted in the position of a midfielder, also only two years. Then he moved to Ferencvaros Budapest, today's record champion of Hungary. In the club, which he remained faithful to the year 1944, he played together with other Hungarian football greats of the era such as György Sárosi, József Takács, Béla Sárosi or Géza Toldi. Polgár won with Ferencvaros during his time at the club four national championship titles and victory in Mitropacup 1937. Moreover, four times succeeded in winning the Hungarian Cup competition and in 1934 Polgár was elected Hungarian Footballer of the Year. After eleven years at Ferencvaros Budapest Gyula Polgár moved back to MTK Budapest. Here he played with Nándor Hidegkuti, the young future star of the famous Hungarian Golden Team. However, a title could not win Polgár with the club. In 1947 he went to Italy for AC Magenta, where he end his career in Serie B, before he announced his career end in 1948.

National

Gyula Polgár brought it in his career on 26 caps for the Hungarian national football team. His debut celebrated on September 18, 1932 in a 2-1 victory for the Hungarians in Budapest against Czechoslovakia. In his third international match Polgár also achieved his first goal, namely in a 2-2 draw in the Prater Stadium in Vienna against Austria. In total, he scored two goals in his 26 internationals. With the national team of his native country, he participated in two World Cups. In his first World Cup, in 1934 in Italy, however, he did not play. Four years later in France, he was nevertheless used once. This game was the final of the soccer World Cup at the Stade de Colombes in Paris when Polgár due to a tactical decision of the team management the previous regular player Lajos Korányi replaced and together with Sándor Bíró was the Verteidigungsduo. In the finals, Hungary defeated the defending champion from Italy with 2:4. Yet another four years was Gyula Polgár active in the national team of Hungary. He made his last international match on 1 November 1942 in Budapest in a 2-0 win against Switzerland.

Coaching career

After the end of his active career Polgár became a coach and initially oversaw some unterklassige clubs, before he took over the second division Pécsi Lokomotív. After the Hungarian uprising in he emigrated to Australia where he continued his coaching career. With APIA Leichhardt, the association of Italian immigrants in Sydney, he won the city championship in 1964 and the finals of the State Championship of New South Wales. Other teams were coached by his South Melbourne Hellas, St. George Budapest, Hakoah Sydney, Pan Hellnic, Canterbury - Marrickville as well as the selection state of New South Wales ( NSW ), which he oversaw in 1959 during the great tour of Deportivo Saprissa.