Gyula Kertész

Gyula Kertész

Personal information
Date of birth	29 February 1888
Place of birth	Kiskálna, Austria–Hungary
Date of death	May 1982 (aged 94)
Place of death	New York, NY, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	MTK Budapest
National team
	Hungary	1	(0)
Teams managed
1928–1930	FC Basel
1931–1932	Hamburger SV
1932–1933	VfB Leipzig
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gyula Kertész (also known as Julius Kertész; 29 February 1888 – May 1982) was a Hungarian international footballer who played alongside his two brothers, Vilmos and Adolf. Kertész was Jewish.^[1]

Career

Playing career

Kertész played club football for MTK Budapest, and international football for Hungary, where he earned one cap.

Coaching career

Kertész coached several clubs in Germany, like Victoria Hamburg and Union Altona, and in other countries such as France and Scandinavia during the 1920s. He managed Swiss side FC Basel between 1928 and 1930.^[2] In January 1931 he took over at Hamburger SV where he successfully revamped the team, adding Rudolf Noack and other promising new players^[3] until he was appointed by VfB Leipzig in the summer of 1932. After his contract had been dissolved on a mutual agreement in May 1933,^[4] Kertész left Germany and emigrated to the USA where he worked in the record industry. His son, who called himself George Curtiss, was a leading manager at Remington Records.

References

1. "Kertesz, Gyula". Jews In Sports. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
2. "Ehemalige Trainer des FCB" (in German). FC Basel. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
3. Skrentny & Prüß, Mit der Raute im Herzen, Hamburg 2008, p.78
4. VfB-Mitteilungen (The club's monthly magazine), May 1933 issue