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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 14 May 1895||
Place of birth | Ceanu Mare, Austria-Hungary [1] | ||
Date of death | 17 May 1953[1] | (aged 58)||
Place of death | Baia Mare, Romania [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender [2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1921–1923 | CA Cluj | ||
1924–1926 | Universitatea Cluj | 26 | (2) |
International career | |||
1922–1924 | Romania | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1947–1948 | CFR Cluj | ||
1950–1953 | Armata Cluj | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Elemer Hirsch (14 May 1895 – 17 May 1953) was a Romanian lawyer, figure skater, ice hockey player and a football defender, manager and referee. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Elemer Hirsch came from a wealthy Jewish family who owned large portions of land in Beclean. [2] [6] He studied law school in Budapest and Vienna, starting to work as a lawyer at age 24. [2] He started playing football at CA Cluj. [3] Several years later he moved to Universitatea Cluj, where he also played ice hockey. [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Hirsch also competed in figure skating competitions, managing to win three Romanian national titles in 1924, 1925 and 1927, also becoming an international figure skating judge. [2] [3] [5] [6] After he retired from playing football, he became a football referee, including arbitrating in a Romanian top-division Divizia A match. [3] [11] In the 1940s following the Second Vienna Award, due to his Jewish origin, the Hungarian authorities prohibited him from working as a lawyer and deprived him of his property which was later nationalized by the Romanian communist regime. [2] [4] [12] He managed to escape from Cluj when the authorities wanted to send him to a Holocaust extermination camp. [2] [4] [6] After the end of World War II he returned to Cluj and started his coaching career at CFR. [3] [6] [13] Between 1947 and 1948 he was the federal captain of Romania's national team. [3] In 1950 he became coach at Armata Cluj. [2] In May 1953 after the end of a match in Baia Mare he collapsed on his way to the team bus, the goalkeeper Nicolae Szoboszlay tried to give him first aid but Hirsch died in his arms. [2] [6]
Elemer Hirsch played in the first official match of Romania's national team at the 1922 King Alexander's Cup, against Yugoslavia. [2] [14] [15] Hirsch bought Romania's equipment for that match from his own money. [2] [6] [14] He was also part of Romania's 1924 Summer Olympics squad. [3] [16]
International appearances | ||||||
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App | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | |
1. | 8 June 1922 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ![]() |
2–1 | Friendly | |
2. | 3 September 1922 | Chernivtsi, Romania | ![]() |
1–1 | Friendly | |
3. | 1 July 1923 | Cluj, Romania | ![]() |
0–6 | Friendly | |
4. | 2 September 1923 | Lviv, Poland | ![]() |
1–1 | Friendly | |
5. | 20 May 1924 | Vienna, Austria | ![]() |
1–4 | Friendly |
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 14 May 1895||
Place of birth | Ceanu Mare, Austria-Hungary [1] | ||
Date of death | 17 May 1953[1] | (aged 58)||
Place of death | Baia Mare, Romania [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender [2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1921–1923 | CA Cluj | ||
1924–1926 | Universitatea Cluj | 26 | (2) |
International career | |||
1922–1924 | Romania | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1947–1948 | CFR Cluj | ||
1950–1953 | Armata Cluj | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Elemer Hirsch (14 May 1895 – 17 May 1953) was a Romanian lawyer, figure skater, ice hockey player and a football defender, manager and referee. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Elemer Hirsch came from a wealthy Jewish family who owned large portions of land in Beclean. [2] [6] He studied law school in Budapest and Vienna, starting to work as a lawyer at age 24. [2] He started playing football at CA Cluj. [3] Several years later he moved to Universitatea Cluj, where he also played ice hockey. [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Hirsch also competed in figure skating competitions, managing to win three Romanian national titles in 1924, 1925 and 1927, also becoming an international figure skating judge. [2] [3] [5] [6] After he retired from playing football, he became a football referee, including arbitrating in a Romanian top-division Divizia A match. [3] [11] In the 1940s following the Second Vienna Award, due to his Jewish origin, the Hungarian authorities prohibited him from working as a lawyer and deprived him of his property which was later nationalized by the Romanian communist regime. [2] [4] [12] He managed to escape from Cluj when the authorities wanted to send him to a Holocaust extermination camp. [2] [4] [6] After the end of World War II he returned to Cluj and started his coaching career at CFR. [3] [6] [13] Between 1947 and 1948 he was the federal captain of Romania's national team. [3] In 1950 he became coach at Armata Cluj. [2] In May 1953 after the end of a match in Baia Mare he collapsed on his way to the team bus, the goalkeeper Nicolae Szoboszlay tried to give him first aid but Hirsch died in his arms. [2] [6]
Elemer Hirsch played in the first official match of Romania's national team at the 1922 King Alexander's Cup, against Yugoslavia. [2] [14] [15] Hirsch bought Romania's equipment for that match from his own money. [2] [6] [14] He was also part of Romania's 1924 Summer Olympics squad. [3] [16]
International appearances | ||||||
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App | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | |
1. | 8 June 1922 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ![]() |
2–1 | Friendly | |
2. | 3 September 1922 | Chernivtsi, Romania | ![]() |
1–1 | Friendly | |
3. | 1 July 1923 | Cluj, Romania | ![]() |
0–6 | Friendly | |
4. | 2 September 1923 | Lviv, Poland | ![]() |
1–1 | Friendly | |
5. | 20 May 1924 | Vienna, Austria | ![]() |
1–4 | Friendly |