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József Varga was born 70 years ago

József Varga was born 70 years ago

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Published: 10/07/2024, 02:02 PMReading time: 1 min
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Anniversaries: Lajos Kocsis passed away 24 years ago

Birthdays 

October 7:

— László Komódi, a forward in our 1991 championship-winning team, was born 54 years ago.  

October 8:

— József Tajti celebrates his 81st birthday on this day. With Bp. Honvéd he twice finished as league runner-up and once won a bronze medal.

October 9:

— József Varga, a home-grown Bp. Honvéd player, three-time league champion, cup winner and Hungary international, celebrates his 70th birthday today.

— Finnish coach Martti Kuusela was born 79 years ago. He became the first foreign coach in the club's history to win the league title with Kispest-Honvéd.    

— Mihály Kispéter, who led Bp. Honvéd to a cup triumph as coach in 1964, would have been 105 today.

October 11:

— Ferenc Orosz, the forward who won the league title with Kispest-Honvéd, celebrates his 55th birthday on this day.

October 13:

— István Gazdag was born on this day 111 years ago. In 1944 he was a member of Kispest's Szent László Cup-winning team.                

Those who passed away

October 8:

— Pál Titkos, who served Kispest as a player between 1941 and 1944 and later for a short period as coach, passed away 36 years ago.

October 9:

— Our Hungary international midfielder Lajos Kocsis, Olympic champion in 1968 and Olympic silver medallist in 1972, passed away 24 years ago.

October 10:

— Vilmos Dán, who played for Kispest FC between 1928 and 1929, passed away 65 years ago.   

October 13:

— Ágoston Morvai, a Kispesti AC player between 1923 and 1926, died 57 years ago.

10/07/2024, 02:02 PMClub

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