1926 - 2014
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 174,278 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Gyula Grosics is the 181st most popular soccer player (down from 165th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 100th 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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Among soccer players, Gyula Grosics ranks 181 out of 16,880. Before him are Sergio Ramos, Kevin Keegan, Harald Schumacher, Helmut Schön, David Villa, and Oldřich Nejedlý. After him are José Luis Chilavert, Michael Ballack, Carlos Bilardo, Andrea Pirlo, Arie Haan, and Antonio Conte.
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 175
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 176
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 177
1915 - 1996
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 178
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 179
1909 - 1990
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 180
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 181
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 182
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 183
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 184
1979 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 185
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 186
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 187
Among people born in 1926, Gyula Grosics ranks 71. Before him are Richard Matheson, George Habash, Joan Sutherland, César Pelli, Shohei Imamura, and Kim Jae-gyu. After him are Henry Way Kendall, Jean-Pierre Serre, Masatoshi Koshiba, Alan Greenspan, Andrew Schally, and John Berger. Among people deceased in 2014, Gyula Grosics ranks 49. Before him are Pete Seeger, Dobrica Ćosić, Stephanie Kwolek, Udo Jürgens, James Garner, and Ernesto Laclau. After him are Hans Hollein, Gerald Edelman, Dale T. Mortensen, Oscar de la Renta, Yozo Aoki, and Yoshiko Yamaguchi.
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 65
1926 - 2008
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 66
1926 - 2010
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 67
1926 - 2019
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 68
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 69
1926 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 70
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 71
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 72
1926 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 73
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 74
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 75
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 76
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 77
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 43
1921 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 44
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 45
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 46
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 47
1935 - 2014
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 48
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 49
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 50
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 51
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 52
1932 - 2014
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 53
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 54
1920 - 2014
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 55
Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Grosics ranks 111 out of 866. Before him are John Corvinus (1473), Pál Teleki (1879), János Kornai (1928), Pál Schmitt (1942), George Pólya (1887), and Stephen IV of Hungary (1133). After him are Archduke Joseph August of Austria (1872), Cornel Wilde (1912), Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000), Ephraim Kishon (1924), John Harsanyi (1920), and István Tisza (1861).
1473 - 1504
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 105
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 106
1928 - 2021
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 107
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 108
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 109
1133 - 1165
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 110
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 111
1872 - 1962
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 112
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 113
1000 - 1031
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 114
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 115
1920 - 2000
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 116
1861 - 1918
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 117
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), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Ferenc Bene (1944), Gyula Lóránt (1923), György Sárosi (1912), and Ferenc Deák (1922).
1927 - 2002
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 3
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 4
1899 - 1981
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 5
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 6
1929 - 1997
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 7
1925 - 1978
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 8
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 9
1906 - 1986
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 10
1915 - 1999
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 11
1944 - 2006
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 12
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 13
1912 - 1993
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 14
1922 - 1998
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 15