Ferenc Puskas died today, age 79. He truly was one of the great football players of the 20th century. His goalscoring records must surely be one of the greatest on record and perhaps one that will never be beaten.
When he came to Wembley in 1953, no one in Britain had seen ball skills like his before. His stunning footballing ablility left England captain Billy Wright tackling air at Wembley and helped Hungary thrash England 6-3, their first defeat on home soil. ir Tom Finney, who watched the game from the stands, spoke for everyone when he said: "I came away wondering to myself what we had been doing all these years." In his first season he scored 50 goals as he won the first of five Hungarian championships and in total scored 357 goals in 354 games.
He made his international debut at the age of 18 and went on to score a phenomenal 83 times in 84 internationals.
Ferenc Puskas died today, age 79. He truly was one of the great football players of the 20th century. His goalscoring records must surely be one of the greatest on record and perhaps one that will never be beaten. When he came to Wembley in 1953, no one in 
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You beat me to it Norm! He was truly great, but surely Pele was the greatest?
If you read his obituary on the BBC News website Paul, Puskas seems to have a record that even Pele has not matched. When Puskas joined De- Stephano at Real Madrid in the fifties there was no -ne to touch their brilliance and to thid day, equal goal scoring achievements.
Yes Norm, apparently he did score more international goals for his country than Pele (over 100 to Pele's 70-odd), but can you imagine how many Pele made for others as an inside forward? I might be wrong, but I believe Puskas was a centre forward, which meant he was supposed to be a goal machine, whereas Pele was a play maker.
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