Career
He played for the Romanian national team in the 1930s and participated at three World Championships (1933, 1934, 1935). After retiring from playing he helped Higher School Certificate Csíkszereda as coach and advisor. In the final years of World 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 to find in the ice hall"s lobby. The work of sculptor Zoltán Sárpátki was inaugurated in 2004.
