Hungary mourns legend at Puskas funeral.

A football giant has died and was given a state funeral. I remember the incredible Hungarian team and its leader. That small country is one of the most athletic in the world.
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Hungary mourns legend at Puskas funeral.
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BUDAPEST, Dec 9 - Hungary on Saturday mourned Ferenc Puskas, the greatest soccer player of his generation and talisman of the 1950s 'Golden Team', who died last month aged 79.
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The Hungarian flag was lowered to half mast in front of parliament at a ceremony attended by the leaders of Hungary's government, judiciary and military.
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the afternoon event in the national stadium, named after the player who scored 83 goals in 84 internationals and attracted adoring fans at home and later with Real Madrid.
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Puskas's body will then be carried to Szent Istvan cathedral. The procession will stop on the way for a military ceremony in honour of the posthumous brigadier-general of the Hungarian army.
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'The best-known Hungarian of the 20th century' as Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany called him, Puskas was a major in the army, to which his Hungarian club Honved belonged, before being made colonel in 1995 and promoted again after his death.
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He played in two mof the most famous games in history -- Hungary's stunning 6-3 victory over England at Wembley in 1953 and Real Madrid's 7-3 demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European Cup final.
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Puskas won Olympic gold with Hungary in 1952, league titles with his Hungarian club Honved and with Real Madrid, with whom he also won three European Cups.
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In contrast to more recent Hungarian national teams, which have not qualified for a major championship since 1986, the 'Magical Magyars' led by Puskas lost just one match -- the 1954 World Cup final -- in six years.
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