Gyula Polgár

Gyula Polgár
Personal information
Full name Gyula Polgár
Date of birth (1912-02-08)February 8, 1912
Place of birth Hungary
Date of death June 26, 1992(1992-06-26) (aged 80)
Playing position Midfielder
National team
Hungary

Gyula Polgár (8 February 1912[1][2] – 26[3] June 1992) was a footballer who played for the Hungarian national team, and was in the Hungarian squad for both the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He did not play in the 1934 tournament,[2] but in 1938 he played in the final, having not competed in any of the earlier fixtures in the tournament.[4]

At the time of the 1938 tournament he was playing his club football with Ferencváros TC.[5]

After the 1938 World Cup, he played in a friendly for Hungary against Scotland on 7 December 1938.[6] In total he made 26 appearances for Hungary between 1932 and 1942, and scored two goals.[3]

He later worked as a coach in Australia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Soccerway stats
  2. 1 2 FIFA stats
  3. 1 2 "Vb-história: magyar vereség a világ legjobbjától". Sport (in Hungarian). inforadio.hu. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  4. ↑ Millingstein's History of the World Cup Part Three: 1938 France Archived 17 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Squad lists and players clubs - 1938 World Cup
  6. ↑ Scotland - International Matches 1931-1939, RSSSF
  7. ↑ Australian Player Database Ozfootball.net


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