Mihály Tóth (born Mihalj Tot - Михаљ Тот - in

Bezdan Bezdan ( sr-Cyrl, Бездан; , , ) 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 population numbers at 5,263 people (2002 ...

, Kingdom of SCS, 14 September 1926 –

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

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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

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

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 '' Battle of Berne'' 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 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-bio-stub