Edvard Platz

Edvard "Edo" Platz (born 15 May 1911) was a Yugoslav-Hungarian football goalkeeper.

Playing career Platz was born into a family of German-Jewish origin in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 15 May 1911. During the Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina, young Platz moved to Novi Sad. While in high school he started to play for the local youth team of NAK Novi Sad. he signed with FK Vojvodina where he was described by the press as being the best goalkeeper Vojvodina had in the period between the wars. then left Belgrade and returned to Vojvodina, where he was welcomed back. This was especially crucial for Platz because of his Jewish descent. During the occupation period, playing as Újvidéki AC, they played three seasons in the Hungarian Championship from 1941 to 1944. Because of his experience, Platz was made player-coach in the first half of the 1942–43 season and the first 6 rounds of the 1943–44 and 1944 seasons.