SOCCER PLAYER

Gyula Grosics

1926 - 2014

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Gyula Grosics (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟulɒ ˈɡroʃit͡ʃ]; 4 February 1926 – 13 June 2014) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper who played 86 times for the Hungary national football team and was part of the "Golden Team" of the 1950s. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he was thought to be the first goalkeeper to play as the sweeper-keeper. Grosics was nicknamed "Black Panther" (Hungarian: Fekete Párduc), because he wore black clothing while playing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gyula Grosics has received more than 191,642 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Gyula Grosics is the 213th most popular soccer player (down from 181st in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 111th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Gyula Grosics is most famous for his accomplishments with the Hungarian National Team. He was a member of the Hungarian National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. He also played in the 1958 World Cup and the 1962 World Cup.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gyula Grosics ranks 213 out of 21,273. Before him are Gino Colaussi, Pepe, Rinat Dasayev, Piet Keizer, Dražan Jerković, and Zizinho. After him are Careca, Cha Bum-kun, Carlos Bilardo, Andoni Zubizarreta, Franck Ribéry, and Dunga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Gyula Grosics ranks 73. Before him are Richard Matheson, John Fowles, Steve Reeves, Noah Gordon, César Pelli, and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos. After him are Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Kim Jae-gyu, John Berger, Jean-Pierre Serre, Michel Butor, and Norman Jewison. Among people deceased in 2014, Gyula Grosics ranks 46. Before him are Luise Rainer, P. D. James, Yozo Aoki, Maurice Duverger, Veljko Kadijević, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. After him are Pete Seeger, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Gerald Edelman, Udo Jürgens, Miklós Jancsó, and Dale T. Mortensen.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Grosics ranks 112 out of 1,077. Before him are Cornel Wilde (1912), Pál Schmitt (1942), Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), Döme Sztójay (1883), George Pólya (1887), and Ján Kollár (1793). After him are György Cziffra (1921), Orestes (420), Bayan I (600), Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000), Marcel Grossmann (1878), and George I Rákóczi (1593).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Gyula Grosics ranks 9. Before him are László Kubala (1927), Flórián Albert (1941), Béla Guttmann (1899), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Zoltán Czibor (1929), and József Bozsik (1925). After him are Gusztáv Sebes (1906), György Sárosi (1912), Gyula Lóránt (1923), Ferenc Bene (1944), Lajos Tichy (1935), and Gyula Zsengellér (1915).

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