Jenő Buzánszky

In Hungary’s great Golden Team, Jen? Buzánszky was not the artist people recite first, but the right back who helped the whole masterpiece hold its shape. Strong, disciplined and quick enough to manage the flank in a side that pushed football into daring new territory, he brought defensive balance to a team remembered mostly for Puskás, Hidegkuti, Kocsis and flowing attack. He was not a visionary libero or an adventurous full back in the modern sense, but a reliable defender with stamina, concentration and the tactical intelligence to survive inside an ambitious structure. His presence in the 1952 Olympic triumph, the 1953 victory at Wembley and the 1954 World Cup run gives him genuine historical weight. Buzánszky was a very good right back in an extraordinary team, important, serious and useful, even if the mythology around him should stay proportional to the role he actually played