A Haitian friend of mine..........Ant. Pierre A..........told me Puskas and this team were the people's favorite...........he would watch from his native Haiti............he told me that when the USA beat England in the 1950s........only 1 - 0...........that him and his fellow Haitians.........thought that the final score was a misprint when they saw the news..........


Glorious Defeats - Hungary 1954 - The Magical Magyars

www.football-history.net/glorious-defeats/hungary-1954.htm

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In 1952, Ferenc Puskas captained his country to Olympic Gold in Helsinki and the “Magical Magyars” arrived at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland ...

The Magical Magyars – Soccer Politics / The Politics of Football

https://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/research-projects/football-and.../the-magical-magyars/

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The puppet Hungarian government used the Magical Magyars to promote communism idealism. It is no coincidence that the Magical Magyars utilized teamwork ...