Steve Herczeg

Steve Herczeg
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-07-24)24 July 1944
Place of birth Kecskemét, Hungary
Date of death 19 September 2016(2016-09-19) (aged 72)
Place of death Woodville South, South Australia, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Orange-Sturt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1963 Adelaide Budapest
1963–1964 Adelaide Croatia
1964–1975 Adelaide Juventus
Adelaide Polonia
Port Adelaide
Croydon Park
International career
1965 Australia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Herczeg (24 July 1944 – 19 September 2016) was a footballer who played as a winger and represented the Australia national soccer team in 1965. Born in Hungary, he went to Australia as a child refugee and grew up in Adelaide, where he played for a number of local clubs, including Adelaide Juventus, who paid an Australian record transfer fee for him. He was the first player from South Australia to represent the national team.