Sándor Kocsis - The Prolific Goal Scorer - Not Mentioned Hero in International Football

Sándor Kocsis

Sándor Péter Kocsis (21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution he moved to Spain where he became a member of the FC Barcelona team of the late 1950s.
Kocsis was a prolific goalscorer for both Budapest Honvéd and Hungary. While playing for Honvéd, he was the top goal scorer 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 goal scorer in the 1954 World Cup with 11 goals, being the first player to score two hat tricks in a World Cup. His record 2.2 goal/game average in a single World Cup finals competition is still unbeaten as of 2010, and only Just Fontaine has scored more goals in a single World Cup.
His 1.103 goals/game average is ranked No.1 for players past 43 caps FIFA in class-A competition, closely followed by Gerd Mueller with 1.097 goals/game (68 scores in 62 games), and are the only two players in history above a +1.0 goals/game average encompassing more than 43 internationals. Ferenc Puskás with .99 goals/game (84 goals in 85 matches) is currently ranked 3rd.
Sándor Kocsis registered 7 hat tricks for Hungary.

Sándor Kocsis

Personal information
Full name	Sándor Péter Kocsis
Date of birth	(1929-09-21)21 September 1929
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	22 July 1979(1979-07-22) (aged 49)
Place of death	Barcelona, Spain
Playing position	Inside-Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1943–1944	Kobanyai TC	5	(0)
1945–1950	Ferencváros	59	(40)
1950	ÉDOSZ	30	(30)
1950–1957	Honvéd	145	(153)
1957–1958	Young Fellows Zürich	11	(7)
1958–1965	Barcelona	75	(42)
1961	→ Valencia (guest)
National team
1948–1956	Hungary	68	(75)
Teams managed
1970–1971	Hércules
??	Alicante
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Later life and death

Kocsis retired as a player in 1966 and opened a restaurant in Barcelona called Tete D’ Or. He also worked as a coach with FC Barcelona and managed Hércules CF between 1972 and 1974. However his coaching career was cut short when he was diagnosed with leukemia and then stomach cancer. On 22 July 1979, aged 49, he fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hospital in Barcelona. It has been alleged that he committed suicide, though it may have been only an accident.^[