István Tóth (footballer)

István Tóth
Personal information
Full name	István Tóth-Potya
Date of birth	28 July 1891
Place of birth	Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	6 February 1945 (aged 53)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Ferencváros
International career
1909–1928	Hungary
Managerial career
1926–1930	Ferencváros
1930–1931	Triestina
1931–1932	Internazionale
1932–1934	Újpest
1934–1936	Triestina
1938–1939	Triestina
1943	Ferencváros
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

István Tóth-Potya (28 July 1891 – 6 February 1945) was a Hungarian amateur footballer who played as a forward.

He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games and did not play a match in the 1912 football tournament.^[2]

For the Hungary national team he played 19 games and scored 8 goals. He later had a coaching career, with alternating spells managing teams in Hungary and Italy.

Death

Returning from Italy and serving as a reserve officer in the Hungarian army, during World War II he became a member of the Hungarian anti-fascist resistance following Hungary's invasion by Germany, in association with former teammate Geza Kertesz^[3] helping several hundred people escape from Nazi custody and death.^[4] He and Kertesz were arrested by the German Gestapo in late 1944 and executed in February 1945 in Budapest by Hitler's Hungarian allies, Szálasi's Arrow Cross henchmen.^[3]