Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward and an attacking midfielder, he scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary and later played four international matches for Spain as well. He became an Olympic champion in 1952 and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup. He won three European Cups, ten national championships and eight top individual scoring honors. Known as the "Galloping Major", in 1995, he was recognized as the greatest top division scorer of the 20th century by the IFFHS. Scoring 806 goals in 793 official games during his career, he is the seventh top goal scorer of all time by the RSSSF.

1 April 1927

Born on the same birth date (1 April 1927): Amos Milburn • Walter Bahr

Born on the same birth day (1 April): Andreas Schnaas • Annette O'Toole • Antonio de Nigris • Beth Tweddle • D. Boon • David Gilliland • Emperor Go-Saga • Gianluca Musacci • Gilberto Macena • Lev Lobodin • Mark White (British musician) • Milan Kundera • Nikitas Kaklamanis • Peter Collinson (film director) • Peter Law • Sheila May Edmonds

Born in the same month (April 1927): Alan MacDiarmid • Amos Milburn • Babatunde Olatunji • Bill Slater (footballer) • Bo Callaway • Carmen Basilio • Coretta Scott King • Corín Tellado • Dany Robin • Joe Orlando • Kenneth Tynan • Leonid Shcherbakov • Margot Honecker • Marshall Warren Nirenberg • Norma Candal • Phil Hill • Pope Benedict XVI • Rita Gam • Tadeusz Mazowiecki • Thanin Kraivichien • Thomas Hemsley • Tilly Armstrong • Tiny Hill (rugby union) • Walter Bahr