Birthdays
August 3
— Lajos Faragó, the legendary Budapest Honvéd goalkeeper, was born 94 years ago. He served our club loyally from 1945 to 1963. During his career he celebrated three Hungarian league titles, two league runners-up finishes, one bronze medal, a Central European Cup triumph and an Olympic bronze medal at Rome 1960. His assured goalkeeping, reliability and exemplary attitude made him one of the finest goalkeepers in the club's history.
— Andor Ónody, a home-grown Kispest left-back, was born 106 years ago. He played for the Kispest club from 1933 to 1940, wearing the red-and-black shirt in 109 competitive matches.
August 6
— Today marks the 35th birthday of Dávid Kálnoki-Kis, a former Budapest Honvéd defender. He played for the red-and-blacks from 2018 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2024. He was a member of the team that reached the Hungarian Cup final in 2019 and won the trophy in 2020.
August 8
— László Kazinczy, a former Budapest Honvéd striker, was born 91 years ago. He wore the red-and-white shirt from 1957 to 1961, winning a league silver medal, a league bronze medal and the Central European Cup with the club.
August 9
— József Csákó, a former Budapest Honvéd defender, was born 93 years ago. He played in red and white from 1954 to 1959 and was part of the team that finished runners-up in the league in 1958.
In memoriam
August 5
— Károly Sós, a former Budapest Honvéd head coach, passed away 35 years ago. He led the red-and-whites from 1957 to 1960. Under his management, Honvéd finished runners-up in the league in 1958, took bronze in 1959 and won the Central European Cup in 1959.
August 8
— Tibor Palicskó, a former Budapest Honvéd defender, passed away 25 years ago. He wore the red-and-white shirt from 1953 to 1957, winning two league titles (1954, 1956), a league runners-up medal (1953) and a Hungarian Cup runners-up medal (1955) with the club.
— József Cserjés, a former Budapest Honvéd striker, passed away 26 years ago. He played in red and white from 1958 to 1961 and was part of the team that finished third in the league in 1959.
