Iván Menczel (14 December 1941 – 26 November 2011) was a Hungarian

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and Olympic champion. Menczel won the Olympic Games title in Mexico City in 1968, and in addition he was member of the Hungarian team which participated at the

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.1962 FIFA World Cup Chile
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Salgótarjáni BTC Salgótarjáni Barátok Torna Club is a Hungarian football club from the town of Salgótarján, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III – Northeast, the third tier of Hungarian football. History Salgótarjáni Barátok Torna Club debute ...

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1941 births 2011 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Nemzeti Bajnokság I players 1962 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Footballers from Nógrád County 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{hungary-footy-midfielder-stub