Birthdays
10 June:
— Vilmos Bártfai, a member of Budapest Honvéd’s 1952 championship-winning team, was born 100 years ago.
11 June:
— Catalin Azoitei celebrates his 57th birthday on this day. The Romanian forward played for Kispest-HFC between 1997 and 1999.
12 June:
— András Deák, who played as a right half for Kispest FC between 1928 and 1929, was born 120 years ago.
— Our Serbian defender Branko Pauljevic celebrates his 36th birthday on this day.
— Imre Serényi was born 116 years ago. A favourite of the Kispest crowd, he played for Kispest first between 1930 and 1938, then again between 1945 and 1946.
— Géza Szabó II was born 113 years ago and served Kispest for a total of seven years over two spells.
13 June:
— Adolf Vécsey, who guarded Kispest’s goal between 1940 and 1942, was born on this day 110 years ago.
14 June:
— László Érczhegyi, former co-president of Kispesti AC, was born 123 years ago.
Deaths
9 June:
— István Kocsis, Bp. Honvéd’s international defender and a member of the Kispest team that won the championship in 1980, died 31 years ago.
10 June:
— Béla Egresi, Kispest FC’s international right winger and Szent László Cup winner, died on this day 26 years ago.
12 June:
— Ferenc Puskás Sr died 73 years ago. He served the Kispest team first as a player and later as a coach. As coach, he led the club to its first two championship titles.
13 June:
— Gyula Grosics, a three-time champion with Budapest Honvéd, died 11 years ago. The goalkeeper of the Golden Team was a member of Hungary’s Olympic champion and World Cup silver-medal-winning national side.
