Gyula Polgár Explained

Gyula Polgár
Fullname:	Gyula Polgár
Birth Date:	1912 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Hungary
Position:	Defender
Clubs1:	Ferencváros TC
Nationalyears1:	1932–1942
Nationalteam1:	Hungary
Nationalcaps1:	26
Nationalgoals1:	2

Gyula Polgár (8 February 1912^[1] – 26 June 1992) was a footballer who played for the Hungary national team. His birth name was Gyula Pigniczki. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PX4-9HC5?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6J37-PT32&action=view.

He played for Hungary in the 1938 FIFA World Cup Final, having not competed in any of the earlier fixtures in the tournament.^[2] ^[3]

At the time of the 1938 tournament he was playing his club football with Ferencváros TC.^[4]

After the 1938 World Cup, he played in a friendly for Hungary against Scotland on 7 December 1938.^[5] In total he made 26 appearances for Hungary between 1932 and 1942, and scored two goals.^[6]

He later worked as a coach in Australia.^[7]

Notes and References

https://int.soccerway.com/players/gyula-polgar/110017/ Soccerway stats
Web site: Gyula Polgar . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202173250/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174871/index.html . dead . 2 February 2009 . . World Football . 31 October 2018 .
http://www.worldcupstatistics.co.uk/1938-france Millingstein's History of the World Cup Part Three: 1938 France
Web site: Squad lists and players clubs - 1938 World Cup . 18 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194749/http://perso.wanadoo.es/e/chorchepj/futbol%20Mundiales/futbolwcnombres38.txt . 3 March 2016 . dead .
https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1939.html Scotland - International Matches 1931–1939, RSSSF
Web site: Vb-história: magyar vereség a világ legjobbjától. Sport. inforadio.hu. 26 August 2010. hu. 25 May 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100601004820/http://inforadio.hu/hir/sport/hir-355334/3. 1 June 2010.
http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/P/PO.html Australian Player Database