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Full name
  
Gyula Lipovics

Name
  
Gyula Lorant

Place of birth
  
Koszeg, Hungary

Role
  
Footballer


Height
  
1.85 m

Position
  
Defender, Midfielder

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Date of birth
  
(1923-02-06)6 February 1923

Date of death
  
31 May 1981(1981-05-31) (aged 58)

Died
  
May 31, 1981, Thessaloniki, Greece

Similar People
  
Pal Csernai, Werner Lorant, Erwin Kostedde

Place of death
  
Thessaloniki, Greece

Playing position
  
Midfielder / Defender

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Gyula Lóránt (6 February 1923 – 31 May 1981), born as Gyula Lipovics, was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Croatian descent. He played as a defender and midfielder for, among others, UTA Arad, Vasas SC, Honvéd and Hungary.

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During the 1950s, he was a prominent member of the legendary Hungarian national team known as the Mighty Magyars, which also included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti.

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After retiring as a player, Lóránt became a coach, most notably with Honvéd, FC Bayern Munich and PAOK Thessaloniki FC. While at PAOK, he guided them to a Greek Championship title in 1976. On 31 May 1981, while still working as coach, he suffered a heart attack, watching PAOK play Olympiacos CFP and died at the game, aged 58.

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Early life

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The son of a policeman, who fought as a volunteer in World War II on the German side, Lóránt turned professional footballer at the age of 16; in parallel, he then also studied economics at university in the 1950s.

Gyula Lóránt began his career as a youth with his hometown club, Kõszeg SE, after encouragement from a local trainer. He then played for Nagyváradi AC and UT Arad in Romania. It was while at Vasas SC, where his team mates included Ladislao Kubala, that his career prospered. However in January 1949, as Hungary became a communist state, Kubala fled the country in the back of a truck and formed his own team Hungaria to play exhibition friendlies. The team was made up of fellow refugees fleeing Eastern Europe. Lóránt also attempted to escape and follow Kubala, but was captured and ended up in a detention camp.

Hungarian international

Lóránt was released from detention after the intervention of Gusztáv Sebes, the national team coach, who regarded him as pivotal to his plans. Lóránt then made his debut for Hungary on 19 October 1949 in an away game against Austria. Sebes personally guaranteed the country's Interior Minister and future Prime Minister, János Kádár, that Lóránt would not abscond while in Vienna. Kádár agreed and Lóránt responded with a superb performance as Hungary won 4–3. He subsequently joined Honvéd where together with six of his fellow internationals, he helped the team win three Hungarian League titles. As one of the legendary Mighty Magyars, he helped Hungary become Olympic Champions in 1952, Central European Champions in 1953, defeat England twice and reach the 1954 World Cup final.

Honours

Player

Hungary

  • Olympic Champions: 1
  • * 1952
  • Central European Champions: 1
  • * 1953
  • World Cup
  • * Runner-up: 1954
  • Nagyváradi AC

  • Hungarian Champions: 1
  • * 1944
  • UTA Arad

  • Romanian Champions: 1
  • * 1947
  • Honvéd

  • Hungarian Champions: 3
  • * 1952, 1954, 1955
  • Manager

    PAOK Thessaloniki FC

  • Greek Champions: 1
  • * 1976
  • References

    Gyula Lóránt Wikipedia