Istvan Hircsak

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.