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Antal Vágó
	Hungary national football team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Vágó is standing fourth from the right.
Personal information
Full name	Antal Vágó
Date of birth	9 August 1891
Place of birth	Pásztó, Hungary
Date of death	30 December 1944 (aged 53)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1906–1908	Fővárosi TC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1908–1911	Fővárosi TC
1911–1923	MTK
International career‡
1908–1917	Hungary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2016–01–17; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2016–01–17

Antal Vágó , Weiss (9 August 1891 – 30 December 1944) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a midfielder. Vágó, who was Jewish, played club football for MTK, playing midfield for 12 seasons and winning the league nine time, and Fővárosi TC.^[1] He also represented Hungary national team at international level, earning 17 caps between 1908 and 1917.^[1] He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[2]

He was shot dead into the Danube during the Arrow Cross rule.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Bolchover, David (6 May 2019). "Remembering the cream of Jewish footballing talent killed in the Holocaust". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
^ "Antal Vágó". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "A holokauszt és a magyar labdarúgás". Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "EZEN A NAPON HUNYT EL VÁGÓ ANTAL, AKI A FASIZMUS ÁLDOZATA LETT". Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

Sources

Antal Vágó Bio, Stats and Results
Antal Zoltán – Hoffer József: Alberttől Zsákig, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1968
Rejtő László – Lukács László – Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1977, ISBN 963-253-501-4