Árpád Orbán

Árpád Orbán (14 March 1938 – 26 April 2008) was a Hungarian Olympic champion football player.[1]

Árpád Orbán
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-03-14)14 March 1938
Place of birth Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary
Date of death 26 April 2008(2008-04-26) (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)
National team
1963–1964 Hungary Olympic 8 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoTeam competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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

References
  1. "Árpád Orbán Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Budapest (2000). "Hungarian Winners at the Olympic Games" (PDF). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. Joseph Siegman (2020). Jewish Sports Legends; The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
  5. "It was a Big Year for Jews in Sports". The Detroit Jewish News. 1 October 1965.
  6. Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137 – via Google Books.
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