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Hungarian footballer

Dezső "Dan" Grósz
Personal information
Full name Dezső Grósz
Date of birth (1898-09-19)19 September 1898
Place of birth Baja, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary
Date of death 13 March 1987(1987-03-13) (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) was a Jewish Hungarian footballer who played for Vác-Újbuda LTC, and earned two appearances for the Hungary national team. Grósz played as a full-back for American Soccer League sides Brooklyn Wanderers and Philadelphia Field Club.

Professional Soccer career

  • 19 international caps

Personal life

  • 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

  1. Profile of Dezső Grósz (in Hungarian)
  2. "Grosz, Deszo". Jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. "Grósz Dezső 2 / 0" (in Hungarian). Magyarvalogatott.hu. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. Wangerin, Dave (2006). Soccer in a Football World. WSC Books Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0954013476.
  5. "Dezső Grósz". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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