László Pusztai (1 March 1946 – 6 July 1987) was a Hungarian

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player who participated in the 1978 World Cup where

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was eliminated in the first round. After having spent numerous years in the Budapest clubs of

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and

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, he went to Austria where he played for Eisenstadt for 3 years. He was killed in a car accident, together with his wife, leaving two children behind.

References

István László PusztaiEisenstadt
* 1946 births 1987 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Budapest Honvéd FC players Ferencvárosi TC footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players People from Szentes Road incident deaths in Hungary Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Csongrád-Csanád County Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub