Capitão Ladany, Captain Ladany, as he was very frequently referred to, was a footballer and served in the Austria armed forces. After World War I he emigrated to the United States of America, where he undertook specialised studies in sports training and became a naturalised citizen in order to run a gymnasium. Reportedly, he was for an extended period director of the Aeskulap Health Institute of New York.Diário da Noíte (RJ): "Meia hora de palestra com o capitão Nickolas Ladany, technico de Botafogo", 28 December 1931, p. 6.
