Mighty Magyar Dies Aged 79

Hungarian football legend Ferenc Puskás has died at the age of 79. Nicknamed the Galloping Major - he started his career at the Hungarian Army team Honvéd - he was a member of the Mighty Magyar side of the 1950s that won the Gold Medal at the 1952 Olympics and famously beat England at Wembley- the first non-British side to do so - 6-3 in 1953. They also lost to West Germany in the 1954 World Cup final. In 84 games for Hungary, he scored 83 goals! A remarkable feat.

Puskás fled his homeland after the 1956 Hungarian Rising and took up Spanish citizenship - he played for Spain in the 1962 World Cup. He went on to become a member of the great Real Madrid side that dominated the European Cup in the late 1950s. After retirement Puskás became a coach and, most notably, led Greek side Panathanaikos to the European Cup final in 1971.