Dezső Grósz

Dezső "Dan" Grósz
Personal information
Full name	Dezső Grósz
Date of birth	19 September 1898
Place of birth	Baja, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary
Date of death	13 March 1987 (aged 88)
Place of death	Los Angeles, California
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
1916–1918	Vác-Újbuda LTC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1918–1926	Vác-Újbuda LTC
1926–1926	Hakoah Vienna
1927–1928	Brooklyn Wanderers
1928–1929	Philadelphia Field Club
1929–1930	Hakoah All-Stars
1930–1932	Brooklyn Wanderers
1933–1934	Brooklyn Football Club
1934–1937	New York Americans
International career‡
1924–1926	Hungary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2016-01-17; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2016-01-17

Dezső (Dé-zhuh) "Dan" Grósz (19 September 1898 – 13 March 1987)^[1] was a Jewish Hungarian footballer who played for Vác-Újbuda LTC,^[2] and earned two appearances for the Hungary national team.^[3] Grósz played as a full-back for American Soccer League sides Brooklyn Wanderers^[4] and Philadelphia Field Club.^[5]

Professional Soccer career

Born to Avram Grosz and Fani Schreiber on 19 September 1898 in Baja, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary
Had nine siblings – Sofia, Irene, Sari, Kornel, Josa, Jeno, Josef, Lajos, Sandor, Frigyes
Served as Lieutenant in Royal Hungarian army 1916–1920, including in Romania, Bukovina and Russia
Emigrated to United States (New York City) in 1926
Naturalized US Citizen
Married Jeanne Elise Alexander, New York stage actress, 31 January 1930
Moved permanently to California 1943
One child – Phyllis June Grosz; two grandchildren – Barry and Julie
Post-soccer career – bank teller for Public National Bank 1932–1943, Bank of America 1943–1963

^ Profile of Dezső Grósz (in Hungarian)
^ "Grosz, Deszo". Jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
^ "Grósz Dezső 2 / 0" (in Hungarian). Magyarvalogatott.hu. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
^ Wangerin, Dave (2006). Soccer in a Football World. WSC Books Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0954013476.
^ "Dezső Grósz". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.