Miklós Páncsics (4 February 1944 – 6 August 2007) was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 defender

Defender (football)

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, who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Honvéd

Honved

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 and Bp. Építők. He was of Croat

Croats of Hungary

The Hungarian Croats are an ethnic minority in Hungary. According to the 2001 census, there were 25,730 Croats in Hungary or 0.26% of population....

 origin .

He won a gold medal in football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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 and a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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, and also participated in UEFA Euro 1972. He earned 37 caps for the Hungary national football team

Hungary national football team

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. He later became General Secretary of the Hungarian Football Federation

Hungarian Football Federation

The Hungarian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Hungary. It organizes the Hungarian league and the Hungarian national team. It is based in Budapest.György Szepesi was Chairman of the Hungarian Football Association from 1978 to 1986....

(MLSZ)and held a doctor's degree in Law.