Lajos Fischer
{{short description|Hungarian footballer}}
{{for|the military officer|Lajos Keresztes-Fischer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lajos Fischer
| fullname = Lajos Fischer
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1902|01|01}}
| birth_place = Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1978|01|01|1902|01|01}}
| death_place = Hungary
| height =
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 = 1916 – 1919
| youthclubs1 = VAC FC
| years1 = 1919 – 1926
| clubs1 = VAC FC
| caps1 = ?
| goals1 = ?
| years2 = 1926 – 1927
| clubs2 = Brooklyn Wanderers
| caps2 = ?
| goals2 = ?
| years3 = 1928 – 1930
| clubs3 = Hakoah All-Stars
| caps3 = ?
| goals3 = ?
| years4 = 1930 – 193?
| clubs4 = Hakoah Wien
| caps4 = ?
| goals4 = ?
| nationalyears1 = 1924–1926
| nationalteam1 = Hungary
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 2016–01–17
| ntupdate = 2016–01–17
}}
Lajos Fischer (1 January 1902 – 1 January 1978) was a Hungarian footballer who played for VAC and Hakoah Vienna,{{cite web|publisher=Jewsinsports.org|title=Fischer, Lajos|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=soccer&ID=199|accessdate=6 February 2013}} and made appearances for the Hungary national team.{{cite web|publisher=Magyarvalogatott.hu|title=Fischer Lajos 9 / 0|url=http://www.magyarvalogatott.hu/jatekosok/fischer-lajos|language=Hungarian|accessdate=6 February 2013}}
Biography
Fischer was born in Hungary, and was Jewish.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Lajos+Fischer%22+%22jewish%22&pg=PT32|isbn = 9781785902642|title = The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide to Football Glory: The Story of Béla Guttman|date = 18 May 2017|publisher = Biteback}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mK2xw1E6dAC&dq=%22Lajos+Fischer%22+%22jewish%22&pg=PA65|isbn = 9780954013479|title = Soccer in a Football World|year = 2006|publisher = WSC Books Limited}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/08/the-benz-date-with-open-cup-history-2019-us-open-cup-final|title=The Benz' Date with Open Cup History|website=www.ussoccer.com}}
In Budapest, he played for Vívó és Atlétikai Club.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVYAAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Lajos+Fischer%22&pg=PA474|isbn = 9781461716129|title = The American Soccer League: The Golden Years of American Soccer 1921-1931|date = 25 June 1998|publisher = Scarecrow Press}} Fischer played as a goalkeeper for American Soccer League sides Brooklyn Wanderers, New York Giants, and Hakoah All-Stars.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&q=%22Lajos+Fischer%22+football&pg=PT32|title=The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory: The Story of Béla Guttman|first=David|last=Bolchover|date=May 18, 2017|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=9781785902642|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|title=Soccer in a Football World|author=Wangerin, Dave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mK2xw1E6dAC&q=dezso+grosz&pg=PA65|publisher=WSC Books Ltd.|isbn=0954013476|page=65|date=2006}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZuGDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Lajos+Fischer%22+football&pg=PT80|title=The Names Heard Long Ago: How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game|first=Jonathan|last=Wilson|date=September 17, 2019|publisher=PublicAffairs|isbn=9781541730496|via=Google Books}} He played nine times for the Hungary national football team from 1924 to 1926.
See also
References
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Category:Hungarian men's footballers
Category:Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Hungary men's international footballers
Category:Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players
Category:Hakoah All-Stars players
Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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