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 Began
his playing career at the age of 17 in Hungary.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1951 |
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Born:
1903
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Budapest, Hungary |
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Died:
July 19, 1974
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Queens, NY |
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A Hungarian international winger, Schwarcz came to the
United States in the spring of 1926 with the famous Vienna
Hakoah team, remaining in New York to play for the New York
Giants during the 1926-27 American Soccer League season. In
the summer of 1927 he rejoined Hakoah for its second U.S. tour
but continued to play for the Giants that fall. During the 1928 visit of Glasgow Rangers signed a
contract with the famous Scottish team but because of labor restrictions in Great Britain, the deal was called off. After two full seasons with the Giants he was
instrumental in forming the New York Hakoah club which won the
U.S. Open Cup in 1929. Starting
in 1931 he became player-coach of his own team, the New York
Americans, who were defeated in the 1933 U.S. Open Cup final
by St. Louis Stix, Baer and Fuller.
However, the team did win the National Championship in
1937 beating St. Louis Shamrocks in the final. A broken leg ended his playing career in the same year. In later years became business manager of the American
Soccer League and was instrumental in the promotion of the
highly successful tours of the late 1940s and early 1950s of
such clubs as Liverpool and Manchester United. As chairman of the USSFA International Games Committee
travelled
to Scotland and the Republic of Ireland with the
national team in 1952.
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