Fatally, on 22 July 1979, Kocsis fell to his death from the fourth floor of a Barcelona hospital, with the incident still clouded in ambiguity over whether it was an accident or an act of suicide.

The remains of Hungarian football great Sandor Kocsis, a forward on the famed Golden Team in the 1950s and later for Barcelona, have been repatriated and will be buried in St. Stephen's Basilica ...

Guillermo Stábile of Argentina in 1930 (8 goals), Oldřich Nejedlý of Czechoslovakia in 1934 (5 goals), Leônidas da Silva of Brazil in 1938 (7 goals), Ademir of Brazil in 1950 (8 goals ...

This was supposed to be a shoe-in for Hungary, who went into the tournament as Olympic champions and overwhelming favourites, having not lost for 28 internationals. A team including Ferenc Puskas, ...

Kocsis ashes rest alongside Puskas - Ashes with the remains of Sandor Kocsis, a member of the Magical Magyars, the Hungarian team that astonished the world of football in the 1950’s, now rest in ...

Known as ‘Golden Head’ due to his amazing abilities in the air, Kocsis (Budapest, Hungary, 1929 – Barcelona, 1979) escaped from Hungary in 1956 following the Soviet intervention in his ...

Sixteen years after Kocsis’ heroics, Gerd Muller joined him in the back-to-back hat-tricks club. A penalty-box predator supreme, he opened his World Cup account in West Germany’s first game at ...

Hungary, went into the tournament as Olympic champions and favourites, having not lost for 28 internationals. A team including Ferenc Puskas and Sandor Kocsis duly reached the final, but surprisingly ...