'Magical Magyars' goalkeeper Gyula Grosics dies aged 88


Gyula Grosics, former keeper of the Hungarian national soccer team, arrives for a matinee at a threatre in Kaiserslautern June 6, 2004. REUTERS/Alex Grimm - RTRRMUI

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Gyula Grosics, goalkeeper for the 'Magical Magyars' Hungarian football team that were virtually unbeatable in the early 1950s, died on Friday, his family told the national news agency MTI. He was 88.

He had been ill for some time with lung problems.

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