Lajos Szűcs (10 December 1943 – 12 July 2020) was a Hungarian

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defender, who played for

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, Ferencváros, Budapest Honvéd FC and Vasas Izzó. He won a gold medal in

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and a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in UEFA Euro 1972 for the

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. He was Hungarian footballer of the year in 1968 and 1971.

Personal life

He was born in Apatin,

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(today in

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). He was married to

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, one of Hungary's best known and most popular actresses who also served as a Socialist member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1994 to 1998. He died on 12 July 2020 in

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at the age of 76.

Sources

* Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, III. kötet (S–Z). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, 181. o., * Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) * Rózsaligeti László: Magyar olimpiai lexikon. Budapest: Datus. 2000. * Bocsák Miklós: Hogyan élnek olimpiai bajnokaink? (Budapest, 1998)

References

1943 births 2020 deaths People from Apatin Footballers from West Bačka District Hungarians in Vojvodina Men's association football forwards Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Újpest FC players Budapest Honvéd FC players Ferencvárosi TC footballers UEFA Euro 1972 players Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Yugoslav emigrants to Hungary {{hungary-footy-forward-stub