Ferenc Puskas

Posted on November 18, 2006 - Filed Under Football |

Ferenc Puskas died yesterday. Known variously as ‘Little Brother’, the ‘Galloping Major’ and the ‘Booming Cannon’, Hungarian-born Puskas was one of the finest footballers of the 20th Century. Over the course his long career he scored 357 goals in 354 appearances for Kispest Honved, 512 goals in 528 appearances for Real Madrid, and 83 goals in 84 appearances for Hungary, including two in his country’s famous 6-3 pwning of England in Wembley in 1953. Were he to have been born in a later decade, it is likely that he would now be as well-known as some of football’s other greats such as Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Platini, etc…

Anyway, here are some clips to commemorate the player.