Gyula Grosics

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
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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]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Grosics died on 13 June 2014, aged 88.

References

  1. "Gyula Grosics". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. "Gyula Groscics". Archived from the original on 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2014-06-13.