Mihály Tóth (born Mihalj Tot - Михаљ Тот - in Bezdan, Kingdom of SCS, 14 September 1926 – Budapest, Hungary, 7 March 1990), was a Hungarian football player during the 1950s and early 1960s. He played for Újpesti Dózsa as a left winger and helped the club win the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 1959/60. During his time the club was also known as Újpest TE and Budapest Dózsa.
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Full name | Mihály Tóth | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 September 1926 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bezdan, Kingdom of SCS | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 7 March 1990 | (aged 63)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1944–1963 | Újpesti Dózsa | 238 | (41) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1949–1957 | Hungary | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2006 |
Between 1949 and 1957, Tóth played 6 times for Hungary and scored one goal in the process. The fringe member of the Mighty Magyars also took part in the 1954 World Cup and played in both, the infamous Battle of Berne quarter final against Brazil and in the final against Germany.
Honours
edit- Hungarian Champions: 1
- 1959/60
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