Gyula_Polgár

Gyula Polgár

Gyula Polgár

Hungarian footballer

Gyula Polgár (8 February 1912[1] – 26 June 1992)[2] was a footballer who played for the Hungary national team.

The native form of this personal name is Polgár Gyula. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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He played for Hungary in the 1938 FIFA World Cup Final, having not competed in any of the earlier fixtures in the tournament.[3][4]

At the time of the 1938 tournament he was playing his club football with Ferencváros TC.[5]

After the 1938 World Cup, he played in a friendly for Hungary against Scotland on 7 December 1938.[6] In total he made 26 appearances for Hungary between 1932 and 1942, and scored two goals.[2]

He later worked as a coach in Australia.[7]

References

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    Soccerway stats
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    "Vb-história: magyar vereség a világ legjobbjától". Sport (in Hungarian). inforadio.hu. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
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    "Gyula Polgar". World Football. FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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    Millingstein's History of the World Cup Part Three: 1938 France Archived 17 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Squad lists and players clubs - 1938 World Cup". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
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    Scotland - International Matches 1931–1939, RSSSF
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    Australian Player Database Ozfootball.net
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