Mihály Tóth (born Mihalj Tot - Михаљ Тот - in

Bezdan Bezdan ( sr-cyr, Бездан; hu, Bezdán, hr, Bezdan, german: Besdan) is a village located in Bačka, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the Sombor municipality, West Bačka District. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its po ...

, Kingdom of SCS, 14 September 1926 –

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, 7 March 1990), was a Hungarian football player during the 1950s and early 1960s. He played for Újpesti Dózsa as a left winger and helped the club win the

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in 1959/60. During his time the club was also known as ''Újpest TE'' and ''Budapest Dózsa''. Between 1949 and 1957, Tóth played 6 times for

and scored one goal in the process. The fringe member of the ''Mighty Magyars'' also took part in the 1954 World Cup and played in both, the infamous ''

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'' quarter final against

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and in the

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against

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Honours

* Hungarian Champions: 1 **1959/60

External links

Hungarian "Sportmuzeum" website
Hungarian men's footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1926 births 1990 deaths Hungarians in Vojvodina People from Bezdan Hungary men's international footballers Újpest FC players Men's association football forwards Yugoslav emigrants to Hungary Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Footballers from Sombor {{Hungary-footy-bio-stub