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Sándor Kocsis

Sándor Kocsis was a Hungarian footballer celebrated for his striking skills and contributions to Hungary's legendary national team.

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Sándor Kocsis is best known for Hungarian striker known for his prolific goal-scoring with the Mighty Magyars and FC Barcelona in the 1950s. On Dead or Alive, Sándor Kocsis is listed in the World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Sándor Kocsis is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Hungarian striker known for his prolific goal-scoring with the Mighty Magyars and FC Barcelona in the 1950s.
Listed under: World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends

About Sándor Kocsis

During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars. Kocsis was a prolific goalscorer for both Budapest Honvéd and Hungary. While playing for Honvéd, he was the top goalscorer in any European league in both 1952 and 1954. He also scored 75 goals in 68 appearances for Hungary – a 1.10 goal/game average at the game's highest level. Kocsis was the top goalscorer in the 1954 World Cup with 11 goals, a record at the time for goals in a single World Cup. That year he scored 23 goals with his national team, the most by any player during a calendar year. He was also the first player to score two hat-tricks in a World Cup. According to the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) he totalled 556 goals in 537 official games among which 123 goals in national team matches at all levels ranked third in recorded history. Kocsis was particularly known for scoring headers. Sándor Kocsis registered a national record of seven hat-tricks for Hungary, including a four-goal haul against West Germany at the 1954 World Cup.

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