Vilmos Zombori

Vilmos Zombori (11 January 1906 – 17 January 1993) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was also known as William Zombory.

Club career Zombori was born on 11 January 1906 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), growing up in a family in which he had eight brothers. He began playing junior-level football in 1919 at Chinezul Timișoara, starting his senior career in 1925 in the regional league at Sparta CFR Timișoara.

In 1930, Zombori joined Ripensia Timișoara. In the following season he helped the team reach the 1934 Cupa României final, playing in both victories against "U" Cluj, winning the cup. In the 1934–35 season he won another title, coaches Josef Uridil and Rudolf Wetzer giving him only seven appearances in which he scored one goal, as Dumitru Pavlovici was first-choice goalkeeper. The team also reached the Cupa României final where he scored a goal in the 6–5 loss to CFR București. Next season, Zombori helped Ripensia win The Double, as coaches Wetzer and Konrád gave him eight appearances, but in the 5–1 win over Unirea Tricolor București in the Cupa României final, his competitor, Pavlovici was preferred. In the 1936–37 season, Zombori scored two goals in five games, then in his last season he made only one appearance, coach Sepp Pojar preferring to use Pavlovici in the other games.

International career Zombori played six games for Romania, making his debut under coach Teofil Morariu on 3 October 1926 in a 3–2 win over Yugoslavia in the friendly King Alexander's Cup. He then played in a 5–1 victory against Hungary during the successful 1931–34 Central European Cup for Amateurs. Zombori played in a 2–2 draw against Switzerland in the successful 1934 World Cup qualifiers. However, its goalkeeper Anghel Crețeanu got injured, so coach Alexandru Săvulescu asked for Andrei Sepci and Zombori to come for the match. He subsequently served as a referee until 1957. Ripensia Timișoara Divizia A: 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38 Cupa României: 1933–34, 1935–36, runner-up 1934–35 Romania Central European International Cup: 1931–34 Individual Most goals scored by a goalkeeper in Divizia A: 5 goals