Gyula Bádonyi Explained

Gyula Bádonyi
Birth Date:17 September 1882
Birth Place:Szerencs, Zemplén County, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Position:goalkeeper
Years1:1898–1899
Clubs1:Budapesti TC
Years2:1899–1901
Clubs2:Budapesti Postás SE
Years3:1901–1906
Clubs3:Budapesti TC
Nationalyears1:1902
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Gyula Bádonyi (17 September 1882 – 6 June 1944) was a footballer, first goalkeeper of the Hungary national team.

Career

At clubs

A thin, high and fast player, Bádonyi used his hands as well. At his time there was a slogen: “Only drunk men lie on the grass!” H was a striker as well, he played well with his head. He started at BTC in 1898. He was among the founders of Budapesti Postás SE. He played here from 1899 to 1901, when he returned to his original club, which won the Hungarian Cup. He left the ground in 1906, maturated in commerce and worked for Magyar Posta.

At the national team

On 12 October 1902, he played goalkeeper in the first ever match for the Hungary national team against Austria. He never returned to the national team.

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