Puskas biography

puskás ferenc (1927–2006)

The most well-known and popular Hungarian person was born in Budapest on 1st April 1927.

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Following the birth of their first child the family moved from the city to Kispest where the father Ferenc Puskás senior got a job and a contract to be a semi-professional footballer.

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Coincidentally Öcsi and his family lived next door to the local football pitch in one of the modest flats consisting of only a room and a kitchen.

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One of the neighbours was the Bozsik family including József, the child who was a year and a half older than Öcsi and with whom he would be newsworthy the world over as members of the Honvéd club and Hungary national team.

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The local kids would play street football competitions against teams from neighbouring districts using a home-made football made of rags and the most talented young footballers such as the little Puskás would be recruited for the Kispest youth team, for the most part under the guidance of Puskás senior who