Istvan Hircsak

Istvan Hircsak
Position	Goaltender
Teams	Ferencvárosi TC BKE Budapest MTK Budapest Textiles Budapest Vörös Lobogó Budapest Postás Közhír Budapest Postás Budapest Újpesti TE
National team	Hungary
Born	February 18, 1915, Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	December 31, 1976, London, England
Playing Career	1931 – 1958

Istvan "Csak" Hircsak (February 18, 1915 - December 31, 1976) was a Hungarian goaltender who played for the Hungarian National Team at six World Championships between 1933 and 1939 and the 1936 Winter Olympics.

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.

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.

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.

Hircsak is a member of the Hungarian Hockey Hall of Fame.