Max Gold
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (1900–1961)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Max Gold
| fullname = Maximilian Gold
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|11|22}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|11|27|1900|11|22}}
| height =
| position = Right Full Back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1919–1922
| years2 = 1922–1924
| years3 = 1924
| years4 = 1924–1927
| years5 = 1927–1928
| years6 = 1928–1929
| years7 = 1929–1930
| clubs1 = Wiener AF
| clubs2 = Hakoah Vienna
| clubs3 = Makkabi Tallinn
| clubs4 = Hakoah Vienna
| clubs5 = New York Giants
| clubs6 = Wiener AC
| clubs7 = Hakoah All-Stars
| caps1 =
| caps2 =
| caps3 =
| caps4 =
| caps5 = 28
| caps6 =
| caps7 = 18
| goals1 =
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| goals4 =
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 =
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1922
| nationalteam1 = Austria
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1925
| managerclubs1 = Makkabi Kaunas
| managerclubs2 = Maccabi Chicago
}}
Max Gold (born Vienna, Austria; died Tehran, Iran) was an early twentieth century Austrian football (soccer) right full back[https://web.archive.org/web/20091021102528/http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl041927b.html HAKOAH SOCCER TEAM HERE FOR BIG CLASH; Bethlehem Globe; April 19, 1927] who played professionally in Austria and the United States. He also earned two caps with the Austria national football team in 1922.
Player
=Club career=
Gold began his career with Wiener AF, gaining entry into the first team during the 1919–1920 season. He won the 1922 Austrian Cup with Wiener. In the fall of 1922, Gold transferred to Hakoah Vienna. In the summer of 1924 he played for Makkabi Tallinn in Estonia. He was back with Hakoah in the fall and won the 1924–1925 league title with them. In 1927, Gold moved to the New York Giants of the American Soccer League following a Hakoah Vienna tour of the United States. In 1928, the owner of the Giants, Charles Stoneham, instrumental in kicking off the “Soccer Wars” which resulted in FIFA declaring the ASL and Giants “outlaws”. Gold returned to Austria and spent the 1928–1929 season with Wiener AC. By 1929, the Soccer Wars had been resolved and in August 1929, he moved back to the ASL to play for the Hakoah All-Stars.{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl082029.html |title=A Swing Along Athletic Row; Bethlehem Globe; August 20, 1929 |accessdate=2010-10-09 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027101713/http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl082029.html |archivedate=October 27, 2009 }} An injury suffered during the season led to the end of his playing career.{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921–1931 | type = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-8108-3429-4 | id = () }}
=National team=
In 1922, Gold earned two caps with the Austria national football team. The first was a 1–1 tie with Hungary followed by a 7–1 victory over Switzerland.
Coach
Following his retirement from playing, Gold embarked on a career as team owner and manager. He had briefly coached Makkabi Kaunas in Estonia during the summer 1925. He now became the owner and manager of Maccabi Chicago and later coached in Luxembourg and Vienna.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090614185911/http://www.hakoah.at/en/geschichte.asp 1924/25 Hakoah Vienna team photo]
- [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Hakoah-Vienna.htm Hakoah-Vienna Club]
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Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:Hakoah Vienna footballers
Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Category:New York Giants (soccer) players
Category:Hakoah All-Stars players
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States