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	Sports News : Ferenc Puskas died (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Puskas, who was known as "Little Brother" in Hungary, "The Galloping Major" in England and the "Booming Cannon" by Real Madrid fans, died at 7am (9am Bahrain time), his biographer Gyorgy Szollosi said.
		Puskas was the inspiration behind the "Magical Magyars", the Hungarian national side that sensationally beat England 6-3 in 1953, the first foreign side to win at Wembley.
		Puskas, who was admitted to hospital in late 2000 with arteriosclerosis and was later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, leaves a wife Erzsebet.
	www.keralanext.com /news/?id=902643 (638 words)

	Hungarian soccer great Ferenc Puskas dies at 79 : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Puskas had been hospitalised for six years with Alzheimer's disease and was being treated for a fever and pneumonia for a couple of days.
		Puskas scored 84 goals in 85 matches for Hungary between 1945 and 1956, leading the team to an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and to the final of the 1954 World Cup, where it lost to West Germany.
		Back in Hungary, Puskas was charged with treason in absentia and stripped of his military rank, which was restored after the collapse of communism, and he was even promoted to colonel in l992, a year after he resettled in Hungary.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1846305,00070003.htm (831 words)

	FERENC PUSKAS - International Football Hall of Fame
		Puskas was known as the Galloping Major, a reference to the fact that he was an army officer playing for an army team.
		Puskas was born in Budapest in April 1927 and had been something of a boy wonder, making his debut for his father's old team Kispest at the age of 16.
		However, Puskas was injured by the West German centre-half Werner Liebrich and missed the quarter-final against Brazil, a shameful match that became known as the Battle of Berne.
	www.ifhof.com /hof/puskas.asp (1504 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Soccer - Former soccer great Puskas dead at 79 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Puskas was born Ferenc Purczeld on April 2, 1927, in Kispest, a working-class district in Budapest.
		But Puskas was never in the army as such and when given a gun to shoot, "I managed to hit the air," he said.
		Puskas was part of the squad which won the European Cup in 1959, 1960 and 1966.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Soccer/2006/11/17/2391646-ap.html (1829 words)

	CNNSI.com - CNNSI.com's complete coverage of the FIFA World Cup - World Cup Hall of Fame: Ferenc Puskas - Tuesday May ...
		Puskas scored after just six minutes and Hungary was soon up by two goals, but a cataclysmic collapse followed as the West Germans, humiliated in the first round, somehow rallied to win 3-2.
		Puskas had been unfortunate to have a late effort disallowed on a tight offside call but his decision to play despite being unfit made him a scapegoat for Hungary's defeat and a target for some vitriolic criticism on the squad's shameful return to Budapest.
		Puskas was on a Spanish tour with Honved when Soviet tanks crushed the 1956 uprising in Hungary, and he opted to stay in Spain, eventually signing for Real Madrid where he played alongside Alfredo di Stefano in Real's great European Cup-winning side of the late '50s.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/puskas (422 words)

	islandpacket.com \| Hungarian soccer great Ferenc Puskas dies at 79 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Photo: Ferenc Puskas is driven around the soccer field during the official naming ceremony of the Puskas Ferenc Stadium, the former People's Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, in this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002, photo.
		Puskas had been hospitalized for six years with Alzheimer's disease and was being treated for a fever and pneumonia in recent days.
		In 1999, Puskas was voted the sixth-best player of the 20th century, behind Pele, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Di Stefano and Diego Maradona.
	www.islandpacket.com /24hour/sports/story/3422316p-12565832c.html (370 words)

	Puskas Ferenc - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Puskas Ferenc - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Puskas, Ferenc (1927-), Hungarian footballer who was the star of the “Magic Magyars”, the Hungarian national team which dominated European...
		Molnár, Ferenc (1878-1952), Hungarian playwright and novelist, born in Budapest.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Puskas_Ferenc.html (92 words)

	Soccer News : Ferenc Puskas: a man who changed the game for ever (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		On a murky November afternoon in 1953 Ferenc Puskas, who died in Budapest yesterday aged 79, helped to rouse English football from a complacency born of insularity and blinkered thinking.
		Puskas played on for eight more years, scoring 512 times for Real in 528 matches and appearing for Spain in the 1962 World Cup.
		But Puskas injured an ankle and did not play again until the teams met again in the final, when he still was not fully fit.
	www.keralanext.com /news/index.asp?id=902625 (901 words)

	Puskas inspired Hungary and Madrid - CNN.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Puskas has a unique place in soccer folklore as the only man to play in what were perhaps the two most famous games in history -- Hungary's stunning 6-3 victory over England at Wembley in 1953 and Real Madrid's 7-3 demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European Cup final.
		Though Puskas was already 33 then, he went on to score 35 goals in 37 European Cup games for Real, including a hat-trick in the 5-3 defeat to Benfica in the 1962 final and four in one match against Feyenoord in his final season when he was 38.
		Puskas refused to be drawn when asked whether Hungary were better than the Brazil team of 1970 or whether Real were really superior to the Ajax Amsterdam side of Johan Cruyff in the 1970s.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/football/11/17/puskas.obit.reut/index.html (1241 words)

	Hungary soccer legend Puskas dies
		Puskas, dubbed "The Galloping Major", was one of football's all-time greats, winning league titles with Hungarian club Honved and with Spanish giants Real Madrid, with whom he also won three European Cups.
		Born in April 1927, Puskas began his career in the domestic league aged 15 and won his first international cap two years later, scoring on his debut against neighbours Austria.
		Puskas retired in 1967, going on to coach clubs in several countries, leading Greek side Panathanaikos to the European Cup final in 1971.
	in.rediff.com /sports/2006/nov/17puskas.htm (396 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Hungarian legend Puskas dies aged 79
		Puskas, dubbed 'The Galloping Major', was one of soccer's all-time greats, winning league titles in both Hungary and Spain and three European Cups with Real Madrid.
		Puskas, who was admitted to hospital in late 2000 with arteriosclerosis and was later diagnosed with Alzheimer's-like disease, leaves a wife Erzsebet.
		One News: Joe Stack reports that Ferenc Puskas starred for the Hungarian national team during their golden era in the 1950s in which they lost just one game in a six-year period
	www.rte.ie /sport/2006/1117/puskasf.html?rss (388 words)

	The Legend of Ferenc Puskas - The Offside - The Offside
		The Legend of Ferenc Puskas - The Offside - The Offside
		The 79-year-old Puskas is in critical condition and fighting for his life today in a hospital in Budapest.
		Ferenc Puskas is at Kútvölgyi St. Hospital in Budapest.
	www.theoffside.com /world-football/the-legend-of-ferenc-puskas.html (516 words)

	Footballer Ferenc Puskas, the "Galloping Major," dead at 79
		Puskas, the inspiration of the "Mighty Magyars" national side that dominated world football in the 1950s has died at the age of 79 after a long illness.
		Puskas, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and had been confined to a hospital bed for the past six years, died in Kutvolgyi hospital in Budapest on Friday morning, family spokesman Gyorgy Szollosi told the MTI national news agency.
		The victory, in which Puskas scored twice, was a rare chance for a war-ravaged Hungary to feel a sense of pride and national identity as it was slipping from fascist dictatorship into communist rule.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=151619 (678 words)

	Ferenc Puskas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Puskas picked up an injury in this match and played, although not fully fit in the final.
		Although being over-weight and one-footed (his left) Puskas managed 83 goals in 84 games for Hungary.
		Puskas scored another hat-trick in 1962 but this time he was on the losing side.
	www.plcane.clara.net /football/puskas.htm (161 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Obituary: Ferenc Puskas
		Ferenc Puskas was the chief magician of the so-called Magical Magyars, the great Hungarian team of the 1950s that dominated world football.
		Puskas was known as the 'Galloping Major', a reference to the fact that he played for an army team, Honved.
		Puskas was with the rest of his Honved team-mates in Spain when the revolt took place.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/1035447.stm (601 words)

	Ferenc Puskas, 79, International Soccer Star, Dies - New York Times (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Ferenc Puskas, a prolific goal scorer for the national soccer team of Hungary and the Real Madrid club in Spain and, by wide agreement, the game’s first international superstar, died yesterday in Budapest.
		Puskas did not have the look of a world-class athlete — he was short, stocky, barrel-chested and appeared to be overweight.
		Puskas led Hungary, the heavy favorite, into the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, but he was hampered by an ankle injury and Hungary lost to West Germany in the final.
	www.nytimes.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2006/11/18/sports/soccer/18puskas.html?em&ex=1163998800&en=cb2fbf0b7244195d&ei=5087 (899 words)

	Full Coverage: Ferenc Puskas dies aged 79 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Ferenc Puskas, the legendary Hungary and Real Madrid football player, has died of pneumonia after a long illness.
		Ferenc Puskas, the footballer who led Hungary's "golden team" of the 1950s and later starred at Real Madrid, died Friday morning in a Budapest hospital after a long illness.
		Puskas, who was in hospital for six years with Alzheimer's disease, died in Budapest at 0600 GMT on Friday after suffering from a fever...
	www.topix.net /world/hungary?full=4f6c86d49a (405 words)

	Planet World Cup - Legends - Ferenc Puskas
		Puskas was topscorer four times in the Spanish league, helping his team to win six domestic trophies and three European Cups.
		Puskas and Hungary were unbeaten in four years of international football when they arrived in Switzerland to play in the World Cup in 1954.
		Puskas missed the quarter- and semifinal through injury, but his teammates took care of the business beating Brazil 4-2 in the "Battle of Berne" where fighting seemed more interesting than football for the players.
	www.planetworldcup.com /LEGENDS/puskas.html (711 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Hungary legend Puskas dies at 79
		Puskas, who was in hospital for six years with Alzheimer's disease, died in Budapest at 0600 GMT on Friday after suffering from a fever and pneumonia.
		Puskas scored 83 goals in 84 games for Hungary from 1945 to 1956 and later played for Spain in the 1962 World Cup.
		Puskas joined Real Madrid and, along with Alfredo di Stefano, was the inspiration behind a string of domestic and European titles.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/6155766.stm (367 words)

	Ferenc Puskás - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferenc Puskás (April 2, 1927–November 17, 2006), also referred to as Puskás Ferenc (Hungarian), Ferenc Puskas Biro (Spanish), or Purczeld Ferenc, was a Hungarian footballer and coach.
		He is considered one of the best footballers ever, and is one of the most effective forwards of all time in terms of goalscoring ratio, having scored 83 goals in 84 career international matches for the Hungarian national team, and 511 goals in 533 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues.
		Puskas suffered an ankle injury in the match against the Germans, and missed the next two matches against Brazil (the "Battle of Berne") and Uruguay, both much more difficult matches that Hungary managed to win.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puskas (1534 words)

	Former Hungarian soccer great Ferenc Puskas dead at age 79
		BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Ferenc Puskas, who captained the great Hungarian national team of the 1950s and won three European Cup titles with Real Madrid, died Friday at age 79.
		Puskas starred in two of the most famous games in European soccer history -- scoring twice in Hungary's stunning 6-3 upset over England at Wembley Stadium in 1953, and scoring four goals in Real Madrid's 7-3 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European Cup final.
		The Budapest stadium was renamed Ferenc Puskas Stadion in 2002.
	slam.canoe.ca /CPSportsTicker/CANOE-wire.OBIT-SOC-Puskas.html (1098 words)

	RIP Ferenc Puskas - Soccer Fans Network Forums
		Puskas, dubbed "The Galloping Major", was one of the game''s all-time greats, winning league titles with Hungarian club Honved and with Spanish giants Real Madrid, with whom he also won three European Cups.
		Puskas scored four and Di Stefano three in Real's mesmerising 7-3 European Cup win over Eintracht Frankfurt in Glasgow in 1960 - a match that passed into football folklore.
		Puskas was truly one of the best players ever, and being a Panathinaikos fan Puskas has a very special place in my heart.
	forums.soccerfansnetwork.com /showthread.php?p=747499#post747499 (657 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet World Cup Legends - Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)
		Playing at inside-forward Puskas gave men of a certain bodyshape hope by being the world's best player while at the same being short, stocky, barrel-chested, overweight, unable to head and one-footed.
		It was the last chance the World Cup would have to see the 'Marvellous Magyars' as, within two years, Puskas and several other players had defected to the West to escape the Hungarian revolution.
		Puskas would have an Indian summer as a European Cup winner with Real Madrid when his waistline had even further expanded but he will be forever associated with the glorious failure of that team of 1954.
	www.soccernet.com /worldcup/editorial/legends_puskas.html (454 words)

	Ferenc Puskas - Online Arsenal Forums
		Nicknamed 'The Galloping Major', Puskas was the focal point of the Hungarian team widely regarded as international football's best in the early 1950s.
		Puskas concluded his Hungarian career with a remarkable 83 goals in 84 appearances before he represented Spain at the 1962 World Cup in Chile.
		Puskas was a four-time leading scorer in the Spanish league and won multiple domestic and continental titles with Real.
	www.onlinearsenal.com /forums/showthread.php?p=138337#post138337 (573 words)

	FERENC PUSKAS - International Football Hall of Fame (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		FERENC PUSKAS - International Football Hall of Fame (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)
		Captain Puskas declared himself fit, but it was a controversial decision.
		Puskas, aged 35, scored all three goals for Real!
	www.ifhof.com.cob-web.org:8888 /hof/puskas.asp (1507 words)

	Hungary national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Hungarians were runners-up twice in the World Cup, losing to Italy 4-2 in 1938 and 3-2 to West Germany in 1954, despite beating them 8-3 earlier in the competition.
		The team, built around the legendary Ferenc Puskás, led early 2-0 in that match, but ended up 3-2 losers in a game the Germans subsequently christened "The Miracle of Bern".
		Two highly controversial calls surround this final game: firstly when Puskas apparently equalized the match in the 89th minute only to have the goal disallowed for offside, the second being a blatant foul on Kocsis in the penalty area which would have given Hungary a penalty in the final minute.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Hungary_national_football_team (954 words)

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