Gyula Grosics

Hungarian footballer (1926-2014)

Gyula Grosics (4 February 1926 – 13 June 2014) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper.[2] He played 86 times for the Hungarian national football team and was part of the legendary Golden Team of the 1950s. He was nicknamed the Black Panther (Hungarian: Fekete Párduc).

Gyula Grosics
Grosics in 1954
Personal information
Date of birth4 February 1926
Place of birthDorog, Hungary
Date of death13 June 2014(2014-06-13) (aged 88)
Place of deathBudapest, Hungary
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1945–1947Dorogi Bányász61(0)
1947–1949MATEOSZ Budapest55(0)
1949–1950Teherfuvar30(0)
1950–1957Budapest Honvéd FC125(0)
1957–1962Tatabánya Bányász SC123(0)
Total394(0)
National team
1947–1962Hungary86(0)
Teams managed
1963Tatabánya Bányász SC
1964–1965Salgótarjáni BTC
1966KSI
1966–1968Kuwait
Honours
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1952 Helsinki
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1954 Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Grosics died on 13 June 2014, aged 88.

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