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).
![]() Grosics in 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 February 1926 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dorog, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 June 2014 | (aged 88)|||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1945–1947 | Dorogi Bányász | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1947–1949 | MATEOSZ Budapest | 55 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1949–1950 | Teherfuvar | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1950–1957 | Budapest Honvéd FC | 125 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1957–1962 | Tatabánya Bányász SC | 123 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 394 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
1947–1962 | Hungary | 86 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Tatabánya Bányász SC | |||||||||||||||||||
1964–1965 | Salgótarjáni BTC | |||||||||||||||||||
1966 | KSI | |||||||||||||||||||
1966–1968 | Kuwait | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Grosics died on 13 June 2014, aged 88.
References
change- ↑ "Gyula Grosics". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ↑ "Gyula Groscics". Archived from the original on 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2014-06-13.