Lajos Vakar (September 8, 1910 - September 10, 1993) was a Romanian hockey player who was a member of the Romanian National Team at four World Championships between 1933 and 1937. Born in Miercurea Ciuc, Kingdom of Hungary (now Miercurea Ciuc, Romania), Vákár was a founding member of SC Miercurea Ciuc in 1929 and spent his entire career with the club until his retirement 1954, except a short spell at Telefon Club Bucharest (1935–37), winning two Romanian titles in 1949 and 1952. After retiring from playing he helped SC Miercurea Ciuc as coach and advisor.
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| - Lajos Vakar (September 8, 1910 - September 10, 1993) was a Romanian hockey player who was a member of the Romanian National Team at four World Championships between 1933 and 1937. Born in Miercurea Ciuc, Kingdom of Hungary (now Miercurea Ciuc, Romania), Vákár was a founding member of SC Miercurea Ciuc in 1929 and spent his entire career with the club until his retirement 1954, except a short spell at Telefon Club Bucharest (1935–37), winning two Romanian titles in 1949 and 1952. After retiring from playing he helped SC Miercurea Ciuc as coach and advisor.
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| - Lajos Vakar (September 8, 1910 - September 10, 1993) was a Romanian hockey player who was a member of the Romanian National Team at four World Championships between 1933 and 1937. Born in Miercurea Ciuc, Kingdom of Hungary (now Miercurea Ciuc, Romania), Vákár was a founding member of SC Miercurea Ciuc in 1929 and spent his entire career with the club until his retirement 1954, except a short spell at Telefon Club Bucharest (1935–37), winning two Romanian titles in 1949 and 1952. After retiring from playing he helped SC Miercurea Ciuc as coach and advisor. In the final years of World War II he fought for the Royal Hungarian Army on the eastern border of the Kingdom of Hungary. Vákár died in 1993; in 1999 the skating rink in Miercurea Ciuc was renamed in his honor and since then it is known as Lajos Vákár Ice Hall. A relief, portraying Vákár is found in the ice hall's lobby. The work of sculptor Zoltán Sárpátki was inaugurated in 2004.
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