| István Tóth | |
| Fullname: | István Tóth-Potya |
| Birth Date: | 1891 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Position: | Striker |
| Clubs1: | Ferencváros |
| Nationalyears1: | 1909–1928 |
| Nationalteam1: | Hungary |
| Nationalcaps1: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 8 |
| Manageryears1: | 1926–1930 |
| Managerclubs1: | Ferencváros |
| Manageryears2: | 1930–1931 |
| Managerclubs2: | Triestina |
| Manageryears3: | 1931–1932 |
| Managerclubs3: | Internazionale |
| Manageryears4: | 1932–1934 |
| Managerclubs4: | Újpest |
| Manageryears5: | 1934–1936 |
| Managerclubs5: | Triestina |
| Manageryears6: | 1938–1939 |
| Managerclubs6: | Triestina |
| Manageryears7: | 1943 |
| Managerclubs7: | Ferencváros[1] |
István Tóth-Potya (28 July 1891 – 6 February 1945) was a Hungarian amateur footballer who played as a forward.
He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games and did not play a match in the 1912 football tournament.[2]
For the Hungary national team he played 19 games and scored 8 goals. He later had a coaching career, with alternating spells managing teams in Hungary and Italy.
Returning from Italy and serving as a reserve officer in the Hungarian army, during World War II he became a member of the Hungarian anti-fascist resistance following Hungary's invasion by Germany, in association with former teammate Geza Kertesz[3] helping several hundred people escape from Nazi custody and death.[4] He and Kertesz were arrested by the German Gestapo in late 1944 and executed in February 1945 in Budapest by Hitler's Hungarian allies, Szálasi's Arrow Cross henchmen.[3]
His body and that of Kertesz were reburied after the war in April 1946 in Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest.[3]