Ernő Egri Erbstein


Ernő Egri Erbstein, also known as Ernest and Ernesto Erbstein, was a Hungarian football player manager from Nagyvárad, now known as Oradea, in Romania. He carried out his footballing activities in several countries, he was most noted for his association with Italian football.

Biography

Erbstein carried out the majority of his playing career with Budapesti AK, with whom he spent almost a decade, either side of a brief spell with Hakoah Arad in 1922. After first getting a taste for Italian football with Olympia Fiume he moved to Vicenza for a season.
As a manager Bari gave him his first chance, he had short spells at Nocerina, Cagliari and Bari again before moving on to Lucchese where he spent five years. Erbstein moved to Torino after that, but because of World War II and the fact that he was Jewish he returned to Hungary.
After the war Erbstein rejoined Torino, this time in the capacity of a trainer; this was one of the most noted spells in Italian football as the Torino side became known as Grande Torino. Erbstein along with Englishman Leslie Lievesley were co-managers during the 1948–49 season. Disaster struck on 4 May 1949 when Erbstein and the majority of the Torino team died in the Superga air disaster.

Honours

Technical director

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