SOCCER PLAYER

Gyula Lóránt

1923 - 1981

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Gyula Lóránt (born Gyula Lipovics, 6 February 1923 – 31 May 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Croatian descent. He played as a defender and midfielder for, among others, UTA Arad, Vasas SC, Honvéd and Hungary. During the 1950s, he was a prominent member of the legendary Hungarian national team known as the Mighty Magyars, which also included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti. After retiring as a player, Lóránt became a coach, most notably with Honvéd, FC Bayern Munich and PAOK Thessaloniki FC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gyula Lóránt has received more than 106,682 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gyula Lóránt is the 328th most popular soccer player (up from 387th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 174th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gyula Lóránt ranks 328 out of 21,273Before him are Gerardo Martino, Phil Neville, Pepe, Wim Jansen, Claudio Caniggia, and Obdulio Varela. After him are Dettmar Cramer, Abedi Pele, Jari Litmanen, Olivier Giroud, Leonel Sánchez, and Hernán Crespo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gyula Lóránt ranks 67Before him are Robert Maxwell, Vladimir Gelfand, Rasul Gamzatov, Antony Flew, Cliff Robertson, and Frederick Herzberg. After him are Lola Flores, Yelena Bonner, Diane Arbus, Aaron Spelling, Chuck Yeager, and Agatha Barbara. Among people deceased in 1981, Gyula Lóránt ranks 44Before him are Lobsang Rampa, Leo Kanner, Alberto Suppici, Bill Shankly, Bill Haley, and Lotte Lenya. After him are Karl Richter, Stefan Wyszyński, Bernard Lee, Rómulo Betancourt, Duško Popov, and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Lóránt ranks 146 out of 1,077Before him are Arthur Nikisch (1855), Ferenc Deák (1803), Béla Tarr (1955), Michael Polanyi (1891), György Sárosi (1912), and Brassaï (1899). After him are Leopold Auer (1845), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Ágnes Keleti (1921), Gusztáv Jány (1883), Ferenc Mádl (1931), and Magda Szabó (1917).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Gyula Lóránt ranks 12Before him are Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Zoltán Czibor (1929), József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), and György Sárosi (1912). After him are Ferenc Bene (1944), Lajos Tichy (1935), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Ferenc Deák (1922), Jenő Buzánszky (1925), and Miklós Fehér (1979).