Alois Hess

Alois Hess
Personal information
Date of birth	3 January 1903
Place of birth	Austria
Date of death	3 July 1956 (aged 53)
Place of death	Tel Aviv, Israel
Senior career*
Years	Team
1919–1934	Hakoah Wien
1934–1937	Maccabi Tel Aviv
International career
	Austria[citation needed]
Managerial career
1936–1937	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1937–1947	Beitar Tel Aviv
1949	Israel
1954–1956	Beitar Tel Aviv
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lajos Alois Hess (Hebrew: לאיוש (אהרון) הס;^[1] 1903–1956) was an Austrian-born Israeli footballer who played for Hakoah Vienna and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Career

Hess started playing for Hakoah Vienna in 1919^[2] was part of the squad that beat West Ham United in London, scoring the third goal of the match, as well as being part of the team that toured North America in 1927 and 1929.

Hess emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1934, joining Maccabi Tel Aviv,^[3]^[4] as well as serving as the team's manager.^[5] In 1937 Hess was appointed as manager of the newly formed Beitar Tel Aviv,^[2] a position he held until 1947.^[6]

In 1949, Hess was appointed as manager of the Israel national team ahead of the national team's 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. In his first match as manager of the national team, against Cyprus, Israel recorded its first victory as independent country (having previously beaten Lebanon as Mandatory Palestine in 1940), beating its rivals 3–1.^[7] The national team was beaten in both qualification matches by Yugoslavia, and Hess left the position.^[8]

Hess returned to Beitar Tel Aviv in 1954, as the team was at risk of relegation to Liga Bet^[8] He died in Tel Aviv on 3 July 1956 during a practice.^[3]

References

^ Aharon Hess - To Final Rest Herut, 5 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ ^a ^b Nordia Good-Will Tour to U.S.A. Fall 1948 Zvi Levin, pp. 37-38
^ ^a ^b The manager of Beitar Tel Aviv Dies Davar, 4 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabees Soccer Team is Welcomed Chicago Tribune, 20 October 1936
^ Rabin at the Stands, Glazer on Field Asher Goldberg, 2 October 2009, Telesport (in Hebrew)
^ The Sport in Beitar Tel Aviv D. Ben Haim, 1947, p. 5 (in Hebrew)
^ Israel's First Victory Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Asher Goldberg, 20 March 2014, IFA (in Hebrew)
^ ^a ^b The Tragedy of Lajos Hess RIP Herut, 5 August 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[1] Aharon Hess - To Final Rest Herut, 5 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[btr40-2] Nordia Good-Will Tour to U.S.A. Fall 1948 Zvi Levin, pp. 37-38

[lhd-3] The manager of Beitar Tel Aviv Dies Davar, 4 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[4] Maccabees Soccer Team is Welcomed Chicago Tribune, 20 October 1936

[5] Rabin at the Stands, Glazer on Field Asher Goldberg, 2 October 2009, Telesport (in Hebrew)

[6] The Sport in Beitar Tel Aviv D. Ben Haim, 1947, p. 5 (in Hebrew)

[7] Israel's First Victory Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Asher Goldberg, 20 March 2014, IFA (in Hebrew)

[trag-8] The Tragedy of Lajos Hess RIP Herut, 5 August 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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