Lajos Szűcs (10 December 1943 – 12 July 2020) was a Hungarian football defender who played for Dorog, Ferencváros, Budapest Honvéd FC and Vasas Izzó.
He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team. He was named Hungarian Footballer of the Year in 1968 and 1971.
Personal life He was born in Apatin, Kingdom of Hungary (today in Serbia).Lajos Szűcs at magyarfutball.huLajos Szűcs at National-Football-Teams.com He was married to Ildikó Pécsi, one of Hungary's best known and most popular actresses who also served as a Socialist member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1994 to 1998. He died on 12 July 2020 in Budapest at the age of 76.
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