István Géczi (, 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018) was a Hungarian football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

, who played for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros ...

. He won a silver medal in

football at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. T ...

, and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and

UEFA Euro 1972 The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 14 and 18 June 1972. Only four ...

for the

Hungary national football team The Hungary national football team ( hu, magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) represents Hungary in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made 9 appearances in the FIF ...

. Following the end of his career, he worked as a teacher and was a member of the Hungarian Parliament in the late 1980s.hetek.hu: Tizenegyes a becsület ellen

Sources

* Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, I. kötet (A–H). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1994, 377. o., * Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) * Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981) * Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985) * Dénes Tamás – Rochy Zoltán: A Kupagyőztesek Európa-kupája története (Budapest, 2000)

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* * 1944 births 2018 deaths Men's association football goalkeepers Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Ferencvárosi TC footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1972 players Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1985–1990) People from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{hungary-footy-goalkeeper-stub