Árpád Orbán

Árpád Orbán
Árpád Orbán in 1965
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-03-14)14 March 1938
Place of birth Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary
Date of death 26 April 2008(2008-04-26) (aged 70)
Place of death Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1972 Győri ETO FC 285 (8)
International career
1963–1964 Hungary Olympic 8 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Árpád Orbán (14 March 1938 – 26 April 2008) was a Hungarian Olympic champion football player.[1]

Career

Orbán, born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary, was Hungarian.[2][3] He was Jewish.[4][5][6]

He played for Győri ETO FC, Győr, in Hungary.[1] He won a gold medal in football as part of the Hungarian football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Árpád Orbán Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Budapest (2000). "Hungarian Winners at the Olympic Games" (PDF). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes. SP Books. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. ^ Joseph Siegman (2020). Jewish Sports Legends; The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
  5. ^ "It was a Big Year for Jews in Sports". The Detroit Jewish News. 1 October 1965.
  6. ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137.