1929 - 1979
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 720,249 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Kocsis is the 25th most popular soccer player (up from 26th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 33rd 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, Sándor Kocsis ranks 25 out of 16,880. Before him are Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Luis Suárez, Francisco Gento, Lionel Messi, Bobby Charlton, and Raymond Kopa. After him are Rivellino, Mário Zagallo, Just Fontaine, Gunnar Nordahl, Sócrates, and Didi.
1895 - 1978
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 19
1935 - 2023
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 20
1933 - 2022
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 21
1987 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 22
1937 - 2023
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 23
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 24
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 25
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 26
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 27
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 28
1921 - 1995
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 29
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 30
1928 - 2001
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 31
Among people born in 1929, Sándor Kocsis ranks 24. Before him are Frank Gehry, Hafizullah Amin, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Christopher Plummer, Irene Papas, and Michael Ende. After him are Peter Higgs, Chet Baker, Oriana Fallaci, Karolos Papoulias, Tigran Petrosian, and Babrak Karmal. Among people deceased in 1979, Sándor Kocsis ranks 12. Before him are Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Nino Rota, Herbert Marcuse, Jean Renoir, Hafizullah Amin, and Jean Seberg. After him are Jean Monnet, Dennis Gabor, Mika Waltari, Nelson Rockefeller, Hanna Reitsch, and Ludvík Svoboda.
1929 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 18
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 19
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 20
1929 - 2021
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 21
1929 - 2022
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 22
1929 - 1995
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 23
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 24
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 25
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 26
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 27
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 28
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 29
1929 - 1996
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 30
1900 - 1979
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 6
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 7
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 8
1894 - 1979
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 9
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
1938 - 1979
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 11
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 12
1888 - 1979
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 13
1900 - 1979
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 14
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 15
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 16
1912 - 1979
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 17
1895 - 1979
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 18
Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Kocsis ranks 30 out of 866. Before him are Ernő Rubik (1944), Ilona Staller (1951), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371), and László Bíró (1899). After him are Eugene Wigner (1902), Dennis Gabor (1900), Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), Edward Teller (1908), Zoltán Kodály (1882), and Joseph Pulitzer (1847).
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 24
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 25
1175 - 1235
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 26
1868 - 1924
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 27
1371 - 1395
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 28
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 29
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 30
1902 - 1995
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 31
1900 - 1979
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 32
1409 - 1442
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 33
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 34
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 35
1847 - 1911
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 36
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), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), and Ferenc Bene (1944).
1927 - 2006
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 1
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 2
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