Gyula Grosics
| Gyula Grosics | ||
 Gyula Grosics (1953)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | February 4, 1926 | |
| place of birth | Dorog (Drostdorf), Hungary | |
| date of death | June 13, 2014 | |
| Place of death | Budapest , Hungary | |
| size | 178 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1945-1947 | Dorogi Bányász | 61 (0) |
| 1947-1949 | MATEOSZ Budapest | 55 (0) |
| 1949-1950 | Teherfuvar | 30 (0) |
| 1950-1957 | Honvéd Budapest | 125 (0) |
| 1957-1962 | Tatabánya Bányász SC | 123 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1947-1962 | Hungary | 86 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Gyula Grosics [ ˈɟulɒ ˈɡroʃiʧ ] (born February 4, 1926 in Dorog ; † June 13, 2014 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper who played a total of 86 times for the Hungarian national team.
Career
Grosics was the goalkeeper of the Hungarian national team, which remained undefeated for four years, from 1950 to 1954, and is still revered today as the " Golden Elf ". In addition to absolute exceptional players, the superiority of the golden team also consisted of a modern and flexible game system in which defenders took on offensive and strikers took on defensive tasks. Even grosics occasionally acted as a “cleaner”, i.e. as an additional defender.
At the club level, Grosics played at Honvéd Budapest at that time . At the 1952 Summer Olympics he was with the Hungarian national team in Helsinki Olympic champion . On November 25, 1953, he was the goalkeeper of the first non-British national team to beat England on English soil at Wembley . This game, which the Hungarians won 6: 3, is still regarded in Hungary as the “game of the century”.
The high point of his career was the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland . Hungary made it to the finals , but was sensationally defeated by the Federal Republic of Germany 3-2.
A period of intimidation and harassment began for the Hungarian players after their return to their communist homeland. Grosics said:
“A few kilometers before Budapest we suddenly had to get off at noon, were taken to a training camp and were not allowed to leave it for the whole day. In the evening the highest politicians came - Rakosi , the general secretary of the Communist Party, also the interior minister and the military minister as well as people from the Hungarian Stasi. Rakosi gave a speech that second place was also a nice result, and then he said: None of you should be afraid of being punished for this game. I can still hear the sound of his voice. When this phrase was mentioned, I knew that it meant exactly the opposite. I knew something bad was going to happen. I had often clashed with the State Security AVH , now I had the feeling that I was in danger. I knew they were after me. I was right. "
Four months after the game, Grosics was arrested and tried on alleged espionage. He was not told which country he was supposed to have spied for.
"Nobody said which country I should have spied for, I remember someone saying: Take note that other people are hanged if they are suspected."
He was placed under house arrest and harassed by the communist rulers for months. After a year the interrogations, which took place three times a week in a prison, ended and he was exiled to the Tatabánya Provincial Association. His father lost his job.
Despite the harassment and sadness after the defeat, the Hungarian team continued to play at a high level: Between July 1954 and February 1956 they played 19 games and won 16 of them. The opponents drew three times. After the fall of the Hungarian popular uprising in 1956, the 1950s wonder team finally broke up. Grosics traveled through Western Europe for some time with Honved Budapest, also received offers from foreign clubs, such as B. from Flamengo Rio de Janeiro . Unlike many of the other outstanding players, he remained loyal to Hungary so as not to lose his family, friends and his homeland. He was again the goalkeeper of the national team and took part in the 1958 World Cup and the 1962 World Cup. Both tournaments were disappointing for Hungary, in 1958 they failed in the preliminary round and in 1962 in the quarter-finals. In 1962 Grosics was the last remaining member of the 1954 team in the Hungarian squad. He played a total of 13 world championship games.
After the career
After his playing days, Grosics worked as a trainer. After the political change in Eastern Europe, Grosics became involved in the democracy movement. He died on June 13, 2014 at the age of 88 in Budapest, Grosics was buried in St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest.
successes
- Master: (4 ×): 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955 - Budapest Honvéd
- Vice World Champion: 1954
- European Football Team Cup: 1948–1953
- Olympic champion 1952
Web links
- Gyula Grosics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Entry on the Hungarian "Sportmuzeum" website ( Memento from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ^ The brains behind the Magical Magyars . ( Memento of March 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Article on Fifa.com of April 26, 2007.
- ↑ a b Quote from Gyula Grosics in: Oliver Link: The miracle of Bern: The game is never over . ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Stern, September 30, 2003.
- ^ Hungarian football legend Gyula Grosics dies . In: Pester Lloyd of June 13, 2014; Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ↑ Klaus Nerger: The grave of Gyula Grosics. In: knerger.de. Retrieved August 6, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grosics, Gyula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorog , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 2014 |
| Place of death | Budapest , Hungary |