Birthdays
11 May
— Born 123 years ago: Purczeld Ferenc, Ferenc Puskás's father. As a player for Kispesti AC he won Hungarian Cup bronze, while as a coach he led the club to its first and second league titles. His teams also won two silver and one bronze league medals.
— Born 104 years ago: Egresi Béla, who was a member of Kispesti AC's 1944 Szent László Cup-winning side. He played in red and black between 1941 and 1945. The right winger, capped 23 times by Hungary, scored 65 goals in 102 league appearances for Kispest.
13 May
— Celebrating his 61st birthday on this day: Marozsán János, who became Hungarian champion with Kispest in 1991 and won bronze one year later.
15 May
— Our outstanding defender Szabó Alex celebrates his 24th birthday on this day.
16 May
— Born 82 years ago: Nagy Antal, who played for Bp. Honvéd between 1963 and 1967. The extremely quick right winger won three caps for Hungary.
— Born 56 years ago: Pisont István, Kispest-Honvéd's three-time champion, one-time silver and bronze medallist and Hungary international midfielder. He also won the Hungarian Cup twice.
17 May
— Now 64: Zircher György, who won both the league and the cup during his short spell in Kispest.
Passed away
13 May
— Passed away 21 years ago: Láza János, who played for Bp. Honvéd between 1967 and 1968.
— Passed away seven years ago: Faragó Lajos. A product of Kispest's youth system and a model of loyalty to the club, he played for no other team during his career, only Kispesti AC and later Bp. Honvéd. Our Olympic bronze-medal-winning goalkeeper was a three-time champion, twice a silver medallist and once a bronze medallist with Honvéd, and he was also part of Kispest's Central European Cup-winning team in 1959.
14 May
— Passed away on this day 92 years ago: Jeszmás József, who first played for KAC between 1918 and 1921. The excellent forward was part of Kispesti AC's league runners-up team in 1920. He later returned to the red-and-blacks for one year in 1927.
15 May
— Passed away 17 years ago: Katona Sándor. The excellent forward won two silver and one bronze medal with Honvéd. His most successful year in Kispest was 1964, when he became both Hungarian Cup winner and Olympic champion as a Honvéd player.
— Died in tragic circumstances at Auschwitz in 1945: Wégner Jakab. Wégner lived to see the liberation of the camp but later died as a result of an infection. The defender played for Kispest FC in 1921 and again between 1927 and 1929.
