Birth of Ferenc Puskas Biro2 April 1927
Birth of Ferenc Puskas Biro
Historical person
Ferenc Puskas Biro Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Ferenc Puskas Biro, based on 12 World History Database records associated with Hungary.
12 records1927–20069 events2 places
Chronological biography
1927
1952
Olympic Gold Medal1952
Winner of the Olympic Gold Medal with the Hungarian football team
1956
Exile of Ferenc Puskas Biro1956
Leaves Hungary after the Prague Spring, emigrates to Spain & plays for Real Madrid
Retirement1956
Made 85 appearances for the Hungarian national team between 1945 & 1956, scoring 84 goals
1958
Real Madrid1958
Joins Real Madrid, receiving a œ10,000 signing-on fee
1959
European Cup1959
Winner of the European Cup with Real Madrid
1960
European Cup1960
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 Cup1962
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
Retirement1966
Puskas Biro retires from football
1993
Manager1993
Appointed caretaker Manager of the Hungarian side during the World Cup qualifiers.
2001
Honours2001
Hungarys national stadium is renamed in Puskas honour
2006
Death of Ferenc Puskas Biro16 October 2006
Death of Ferenc Puskas Biro
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.