Sándor Kaló (16 March 1944 – 28 January 2020)Sándor Kaló's obituary
was a Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player and coach. He was born in Egyek. He represented Hungary in the 1967 World Championship where he finished in eighth place. Three years later he participated in the next World Championship with the same results. In 1972 he played six games and scored 14 goals on the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

, helping his team to reach again the eighth place.

Awards

Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the ...

: 1967, 1978 * Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1967, 1969

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* 1945 births 2020 deaths People from Egyek Hungarian male handball players Hungarian handball coaches Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hajdú-Bihar County Tatabánya KC players 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub