Gyula Polgár (8 February 1912[1] – 18 June 1992) was a footballer who played for the Hungary national team. His birth name was Gyula Pigniczki.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gyula Polgár | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1912 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hungary | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 June 1992 (aged 80) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| Ferencváros TC | ||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1932–1942 | Hungary | 26 | (2) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
He played for Hungary in the 1938 FIFA World Cup Final, having not competed in any of the earlier fixtures in the tournament.[2][3]
At the time of the 1938 tournament he was playing his club football with Ferencváros TC.[4]
After the 1938 World Cup, he played in a friendly for Hungary against Scotland on 7 December 1938.[5] In total he made 26 appearances for Hungary between 1932 and 1942, and scored two goals.[6]
References
edit- ^ Soccerway stats
- ^ "Gyula Polgar". World Football. FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ Millingstein's History of the World Cup Part Three: 1938 France Archived 17 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Squad lists and players clubs - 1938 World Cup". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ Scotland - International Matches 1931–1939, RSSSF
- ^ "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.
- ^ Australian Player Database Ozfootball.net
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