János Bédl (10 September 1929 – 9 December 1987) was a Hungarian football player and manager.

Managerial career

In 1967, Bédl managed the Pittsburgh Phantoms of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1968, the NSPL merged with the

United Soccer Association The United Soccer Association (USA) was a professional association football, soccer league featuring teams based in the United States and Canada. The league survived only one season before merging with the National Professional Soccer League ( ...

to form the North American Soccer League. Bédl then coached the Kansas City Spurs in 1968 and 1969. He was the 1968 NASL Coach of the Year and led Kansas City to the 1969 premiership. He also coached the Malta national team from 13 February 1966 to 27 March 1966, as well as the Maltese team Sliema Wanderers and Belgian club Lierse S.K.

Death

Bédl died in a car accident in Germany.

References

1929 births 1987 deaths Men's association football midfielders Hungarian men's footballers Be Quick 1887 players AFC DWS players MVV Maastricht players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Eredivisie players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Hungarian football managers Sliema Wanderers F.C. managers Malta national football team managers Rot-Weiss Essen managers Lierse S.K. managers Borussia Dortmund managers Wuppertaler SV managers Rot-Weiß Oberhausen managers Maltese Premier League managers North American Soccer League (1968–1984) head coaches National Professional Soccer League (1967) coaches Hungarian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Malta Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate football managers in West Germany Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Belgium Road incident deaths in West Germany 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-bio-stub