The Transylvanian Years of Lóránt Gyula, Born a Hundred Years Ago Cover Image

A száz éve született Lóránt Gyula erdélyi évei
The Transylvanian Years of Lóránt Gyula, Born a Hundred Years Ago

Author(s): Vilmos Horváth
Subject(s): Sports Studies
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Lóránt Gyula; Golden Team; football; Transylvania

Summary/Abstract: Starting out in Kőszeg, Lóránt Gyula became the center-back for the Honvéd, the best club team of the 1950s, and a key player in the Golden Team, considered one of the best national teams of that era. He was a member of the Hungarian team that won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympic Games and secured a silver medal at the 1954 World Cup. An intriguing and exciting phase of his early career was the period spent in the Partium and the Banat regions. He achieved his first major successes here, winning the Hungarian championship with Club Atletic Oradea and the Romanian championship with UTA Arad.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 52-57
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian