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| position = Goaltender<br />
| nationality = {{Flag|Hungary}}<br />
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| played_for = [[Ferencvárosi TC]]<br>[[BKE Budapest]]<br>[[MTK Budapest]]<br>[[Textiles Budapest]]<br>[[Vörös Lobogó Budapest]]<br>[[Postás Közhír Budapest]]<br>[[Postás Budapest]]<br>[[Újpesti TE]]<br />
| birth_date = February 18, 1915<br />
| birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary<br />
| death_date = December 31, 1976<br />
| death_place = London, England<br />
| career_start = 1931<br />
| career_end = 1958<br />
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'''Istvan "Csak" Hircsak''' (February 18, 1915 - December 31, 1976) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] goaltender who played for the [[Hungarian National Team]] at six [[World Championships]] between 1933 and 1939 and the [[1936 Winter Olympics]].<br />
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One of the best inter-war European goaltenders, Hircsak was a key member of the national team. At the club level, he played for [[Ferencvárosi TC]] and [[BKE Budapest]] before World War II. <br />
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Hircsak later spent time with the MTK (1946-1949), Textiles (1949-1950), Voros Lobogo (1950-1951), Postas (1951-1954), and Ujpesti Dozsa (1955-1958) clubs. He only retired in 1958, at the age of 43.<br />
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At the 1936 Summer Olympic Games he was a member of the Hungarian field hockey team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. He played all three matches as a goalkeeper.<br />
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Hircsak is a member of the [[Hungarian Hockey Hall of Fame]].<br />
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