György Ormós

György Ormós
Personal information
Full name György Ormós Grozzi
Date of birth (1914-05-02)2 May 1914
Place of birth Austria-Hungary
Date of death 4 January 2013(2013-01-04) (aged 98)
Place of death Toronto, Canada
Managerial career
Years Team
1951–1952 Green Cross
1953–1954 Universidad de Chile
1956–1957 Universidad Católica
1959 Gimnasia La Plata

György Ormós Grozzi[1] (2 May 1914 – 4 January 2013), known in Spanish as Jorge Ormos, was a Hungarian football manager.

Career

Ormós mainly developed his career in Chile and Argentina.[2] He came to Chile at the end of 1949 and joined Everton de Viña del Mar as a fitness coach in his capacity as a PE teacher.[3]

In the Chilean Primera División, he coached Green Cross (1951–52),[4] Universidad de Chile (1953–54)[5][6] and Universidad Católica (1957).[1] He made three appearances in the Clásico Universitario: a win and a loss leading Universidad de Chile and a draw leading Universidad Católica.[7]

With Universidad Católica, Ormós also won the 1956 Segunda División de Chile and got promotion to the top division.[8][9]

As notable landmarks, Ormós made possible the professional debut of the historical Chile international footballer Leonel Sánchez with Universidad de Chile in 1953[10][11] and was the reason why the Universidad Católica's idol Sergio Livingstone moved to Colo-Colo in 1957.[12]

In 1959, Ormós moved to Argentina and led Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in the Argentine Primera División.[13][14][15]

Personal life

Together György and his wife, Maria, lived an entrepreneurial life in many countries and cities: Hungary, Chile, Argentina, Montreal and Toronto where they achieved success with their company Or-Plast Ltd.[2]

Ormós had family in Chile, California and Wales. He settled and died in Toronto, Canada, on 13 January 2013.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Urrutia O'Nell, Luis (December 2014). Historias Secretas Del Futbol Chileno III (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. ISBN 9789569339219. Retrieved 14 June 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c "George ORMOS Obituary (2013)". Legacy.com. Toronto Star. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  3. ^ ""UNA LOTERIA EN EL FUTBOL SERIA MUY BENEFICIOSA"" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 19. 6 February 1950. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Green Cross 1952" (in Spanish). Clásicos del Fútbol. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  5. ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1953". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2025. Director Técnico: Jorge Ormos (húngaro).
  6. ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1954". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2025. Director Técnico: Jorge Ormos (húngaro) dirigio ocho fechas
  7. ^ Reyes, Luis (23 April 2016). "Ellos dirigieron el Clásico en las dos bancas". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  8. ^ Andrés, Juan Pablo (28 January 2011). "Chile - Coaches of Championship and Promoted Teams - Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Así les fue a los cinco entrenadores europeos que tuvo la UC en su historia". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 25 December 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  10. ^ Stein, Leandro (10 April 2022). "O adeus a Leonel Sánchez, herói do Chile semifinalista em 1962 e maior ídolo da história de La U". Trivela (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 June 2025. Sánchez ingressou nos profissionais da Universidad de Chile em 1953. O próprio técnico Jorge Ormos chamou o garoto para a equipe de cima.
  11. ^ Moreno, Enrique (November 2019). DON LEONEL El hombre detrás del ídolo (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Sergio Livingstone: Después de la UC, el club de mi mayor admiración ha sido el del cacique". SoyChile (in Spanish). 11 September 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2025. llegó un técnico a la UC que no quería que yo jugara, Jorge Ormos.
  13. ^ "Del Expreso del '33 al Lobo del '62: Todos los DT extranjeros que tuvo Gimnasia". Infocielo (in Spanish). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  14. ^ Colussi, Luis Alberto; Guris, Carlos Alberto; Kurhy, Víctor Hugo (November 2019). "Asociación del Fútbol Argentino - 1ª División – 1959". Fútbol Argentino: Crónicas y Estadísticas (PDF) (in Spanish). Argentina. pp. 12–14. Retrieved 14 June 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  15. ^ "CLUB de GIMNASIA y ESGRIMA LA PLATA Primera División 1959". www.gelp.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2025.