Árpád Orbán

Árpád Orbán (14 March 1938 – 26 April 2008) was a Hungarian Olympic champion football player.[1]

Árpád Orbán
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-03-14)14 March 1938
Place of birth Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary
Date of death 26 April 2008(2008-04-26) (aged 70)
Place of death Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1972 Győri ETO FC 285 (8)
National team
1963–1964 Hungary Olympic 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Orbán, born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary, was Hungarian.[2][3] He was Jewish.[4][5][6]

He played for Győri ETO FC, Győr, in Hungary.[1] He won a gold medal in football as part of the Hungarian football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

See also

References

  1. "Árpád Orbán Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Budapest (2000). "Hungarian Winners at the Olympic Games" (PDF). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. Joseph Siegman (2020). Jewish Sports Legends; The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
  5. "It was a Big Year for Jews in Sports". The Detroit Jewish News. 1 October 1965.
  6. Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137 via Google Books.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.