Birth of Ferenc Puskas Biro
Birth of Ferenc Puskas Biro
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Ferenc Puskas Biro Biography and Timeline
Follow Ferenc Puskas Biro through 12 dated historical records for Hungary.
Ferenc Puskas Biro, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
12Distinct records
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1927–2006Years on this page
1927
1952
Olympic Gold Medal
Winner of the Olympic Gold Medal with the Hungarian football team
1956
Exile of Ferenc Puskas Biro
Leaves Hungary after the Prague Spring, emigrates to Spain & plays for Real Madrid
Retirement
Made 85 appearances for the Hungarian national team between 1945 & 1956, scoring 84 goals
1958
Real Madrid
Joins Real Madrid, receiving a œ10,000 signing-on fee
1959
European Cup
Winner of the European Cup with Real Madrid
1960
European Cup
Winner of the European Cup with Real Madrid, beating Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3, Pusk s scores 4 goals. The climax of the outstanding Real side is the 1960 European Cup Final played before 135,000 at Hampden Park
1962
European Cup
Puskas plays in his last European Cup Final, for Real Madrid against Benfica in 1962. Benfica won 5-3, Puskas, aged 35, scored all three goals for Real
1966
Retirement
Puskas Biro retires from football
1993
Manager
Appointed caretaker Manager of the Hungarian side during the World Cup qualifiers.
2001
Honours
Hungarys national stadium is renamed in Puskas honour
2006
Death of Ferenc Puskas Biro
Death of Ferenc Puskas Biro
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.