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Sándor Szűcs
Sándor Szűcs (23 November 1921 – 4 June 1951) was a Hungarian football player. He was a defender for Szolnoki MÁV and Újpest FC, with whom he was a three-time league champion in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. He had 19 appearances for Hungary from 1941 to 1948. In 1951, he was executed for an attempted defection to Austria. Biography Szűcs was born in Szolnok in 1921. He began his career with his local club, Szolnoki MÁV, at the age of 17. In 1944, he moved to Újpest FC where he played alongside Ferenc Szusza and Gyula Zsengellér. In 1940, he made his first appearance for the Hungarian national youth team. In March 1941, he was called up to the Hungary national football team for a match against Yugoslavia. While in the national team, he played alongside Ferenc Puskás, József Bozsik, Ferenc Deák, György Sárosi and Nándor Hidegkuti. Arrest In 1948, Szűcs met singer Erzsi Kovács and they began an affair. Kovács was married to pianist Lajos Boros and the state fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szolnok
Szolnok (; also known by #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, which has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries. Szolnok also has one of Hungary’s best water polo teams. Name and etymology Szolnok was named after the first steward of the city, Szolnok (ispán), Szaunik or Zounok. The town was first officially mentioned under the name Zounok in 1075. In the following centuries, it was recorded variously as Zounok, Saunic, Zounuc, and Zawnuch. The variety of spellings likely comes from phonetic discrepancies occurring when Hungarian sounds were recorded using the Latin alphabet. Another possibility revolves around speculation that the name Szaunik was not a personal name after all, but rather a title relating to the significant salt trade (salt, ) in the area. In m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |