Árpád Weisz

Árpád Weisz (; also spelt Veisz; 16 April 1896 – 31 January 1944) was a Hungarian footballer and manager. Weisz was Jewish and was murdered with his wife and children by the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II at Auschwitz.

Playing career Weisz played club football as a left winger in Hungary for Törekvés SE,

Weisz earned six international caps between 1922 and 1923, and was a member of the Hungarian squad at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A serious injury cut short his playing career.

Coaching career After retiring as a player in 1926, Weisz became an assistant coach at Alessandria before moving to Inter Milan, where at the age of 34 he won one championship in the 1929–1930 season. Weisz had three separate spells as manager of Inter, 1926–28, 1929–31, and 1932–34, managing Giuseppe Meazza among his players. He also coached Bari, Novara and Bologna, where he won two league titles (in 1936 and 1937) before he was forced to flee Italy with his wife and two children following the enactment of the Italian Racial Laws. Weisz finished his career by coaching Dordrecht in the Netherlands,