Béla Guttmann
Béla Guttmann · Sports
Football's legendary coach; survived the Shoah in hiding, then won back-to-back European Cups with Benfica (1961, 1962)
1899, Budapest, Austria-Hungary — 1981, Vienna, Austria
Hungary · Portugal · across Europe and South America
Béla Guttmann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Football's legendary coach; survived the Shoah in hiding, then won back-to-back European Cups with Benfica (1961, 1962)
Béla Guttmann was a Hungarian football player and one of the most influential coaches in the game's history, an early apostle of attacking, high-tempo tactics. A Jewish survivor of the Holocaust who escaped deportation by hiding in Budapest, he later led Benfica to back-to-back European Cups in 1961 and 1962. He was Jewish, and legend attaches the enduring 'Guttmann curse' to his departure from Benfica.
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Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Football's legendary coach; survived the Shoah in hiding, then won back-to-back European Cups with Benfica (1961, 1962)
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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