Ernő Schwarz

Ernö Schwarz
Personal information
Date of birth (1902-03-07)7 March 1902
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 19 June 1977(1977-06-19) (aged 75)
Place of death Queens, New York, United States
Position(s) Wing Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1923 Ferencváros
1923 Makkabi Brno
1923–1926 Hakoah Vienna
1926–1928 New York Giants 77 (20)
1928–1929 New York Hakoah
1929–1931Hakoah All-Stars 56 (10)
1931–1936 New York Americans
International career
1922 Hungary 2 (2)
Managerial career
1931– New York Americans
1953–1955 United States
1957 New York Americans
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernő Schwarz or Schwarcz (7 March 1902 – 19 June 1977) was a Hungarian American soccer player, coach and promoter who served as head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. He played professionally in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria and the United States, earning two caps, scoring two goals, with the Hungarian national team in 1922. Schwarz founded, owned, managed and played for the New York Americans in the first and second American Soccer Leagues. He was also the ASL and International Soccer League vice president. His daughter was married to United States national team player Ben Zinn.