Elemér Hirsch

Life and career Hirsch was born on 14 May 1895 in Ceanu Mare, Austria-Hungary. Hirsch studied law school in Budapest and Vienna, starting to work as a lawyer at age 24. Hirsch also competed in figure skating competitions, managing to win three Romanian national titles in 1924, 1925 and 1927, and become an international figure skating judge. In the 1940s following the Second Vienna Award, due to his Jewish origin, the Hungarian authorities prohibited him from working as a lawyer and deprived him of his property which was later nationalized by the Romanian communist regime. Hirsch managed to escape from Cluj when the authorities wanted to send him to a Holocaust extermination camp. He bought Romania's equipment for that match with his own money.

Scores and results table. Romania's goal tally first: International appearances App Date Venue Opponent Result Competition 1. 8 June 1922 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 2–1 Friendly 2. 3 September 1922 Chernivtsi, Romania 1–1 Friendly 3. 1 July 1923 Cluj, Romania 0–6 Friendly 4. 2 September 1923 Lviv, Poland 1–1 Friendly 5. 20 May 1924 Vienna, Austria 1–4 Friendly

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Hirsch's certificate of exemption from Jewish law restrictions.