Lajos Senfeld Tusko
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Lajos Senfeld Tusko was a Hungarian
football goalkeeper.
He was one of the most influential players of BSK Belgrade
in the early 1920s and is specially remembered for his die hard attitude in the pitch.
He begin his career in Szeged before moving to Budapest
. In 1921 he came to Novi Sad
in Kingdom of Yugoslavia
and was one of the first professional players in FK Vojvodina
where he played for two years. In 1922 he moved to Belgrade and signed with BSK
, at that time, sharing the title with Građanski Zagreb, SK Jugoslavija
and Hajduk Split, the biggest club in pre-WWII Yugoslavia.
After two seasons he become an idol in Belgrade but he will suffer a heavy kidney injury in a clash with an opponent forward in a frindly match between the city selection of Belgrade, for whom he played, and the selection of Lower Austria region. After spending a couple of days in a hospital and two cirurgies he died. The main local sports newspaper Sport made an extensive coverage of the event and concluded the report with the following sentence: "He died like a hero and was burried as a small sports King."
He was known in Yugoslav media in his Serbian language name version as Lajoš Šenfeld Tusko, or in Cyrillic as Лajoш Шeнфeлд Tуcкo.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
football goalkeeper.
He was one of the most influential players of BSK Belgrade
OFK Beograd
Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...
in the early 1920s and is specially remembered for his die hard attitude in the pitch.
He begin his career in Szeged before moving to Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. In 1921 he came to Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
in Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
and was one of the first professional players in FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...
where he played for two years. In 1922 he moved to Belgrade and signed with BSK
OFK Beograd
Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...
, at that time, sharing the title with Građanski Zagreb, SK Jugoslavija
SK Jugoslavija
Sportski klub Jugoslavija, commonly known as SK Jugoslavija was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija in 1913 and changed its name to SK Jugoslavija in 1919.-History:...
and Hajduk Split, the biggest club in pre-WWII Yugoslavia.
After two seasons he become an idol in Belgrade but he will suffer a heavy kidney injury in a clash with an opponent forward in a frindly match between the city selection of Belgrade, for whom he played, and the selection of Lower Austria region. After spending a couple of days in a hospital and two cirurgies he died. The main local sports newspaper Sport made an extensive coverage of the event and concluded the report with the following sentence: "He died like a hero and was burried as a small sports King."
He was known in Yugoslav media in his Serbian language name version as Lajoš Šenfeld Tusko, or in Cyrillic as Лajoш Шeнфeлд Tуcкo.
External sources
- pag. 32 from the book "Bsk - Jugoslavija Sećanja Na Prvi Beogradski Večiti Derbi" (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: "Bsk - Jugoslavija memories of Belgrade´s first Eternal derby") by Mr. Živko M. Bojanić.