SOCCER PLAYER

Sándor Kocsis

1929 - 1979

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Sándor Péter Kocsis (SHAWN-dor KOTCH-ish; Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈpeːtɛr ˈkot͡ʃiʃ]; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary as a striker. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sándor Kocsis has received more than 781,329 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Sándor Kocsis is the 40th most popular soccer player (down from 25th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Sándor Kocsis is most famous for being the youngest member of the Golden Team, which was the Hungarian national team that won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sándor Kocsis ranks 40 out of 21,273. Before him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Vavá, Roberto Baggio, Ronaldinho, Ruud Gullit, and Paolo Maldini. After him are Antonín Panenka, Jürgen Klinsmann, Gunnar Nordahl, Djalma Santos, Josef Masopust, and Omar Sívori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Sándor Kocsis ranks 24. Before him are Jean Baudrillard, Frank Gehry, Oriana Fallaci, Peter Higgs, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Max von Sydow. After him are Christopher Plummer, Djalma Santos, Tigran Petrosian, James Hong, Sam Nujoma, and Alejandro Jodorowsky. Among people deceased in 1979, Sándor Kocsis ranks 11. Before him are Talcott Parsons, Herbert Marcuse, Nino Rota, Jean Renoir, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Jean Monnet. After him are Mika Waltari, Dennis Gabor, Ludvík Svoboda, Jean Seberg, Mustafa Barzani, and Nelson Rockefeller.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Kocsis ranks 39 out of 1,077. Before him are Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371), Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Leo Szilard (1898), László Bíró (1899), and Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409). After him are Dennis Gabor (1900), Sándor Márai (1900), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Zoltán Kodály (1882), Ágota Kristóf (1935), and Coloman, King of Hungary (1070).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Sándor Kocsis ranks 2. Before him are Ferenc Puskás (1927). After him are László Kubala (1927), Flórián Albert (1941), Béla Guttmann (1899), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Zoltán Czibor (1929), József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), György Sárosi (1912), and Gyula Lóránt (1923).

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