Árpád Orbán
![]() Árpád Orbán in 1965 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 March 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 April 2008 | (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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Árpád Orbán (14 March 1938 – 26 April 2008) was a Hungarian Olympic champion football player.[1]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Árpád Orbán Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Joseph Siegman (2020). Jewish Sports Legends; The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- ^ "It was a Big Year for Jews in Sports". The Detroit Jewish News. 1 October 1965.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137.