Lajos Kocsis (18 June 1947 in Szeged – 9 October 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Bp.

Kocsis started his career in his native town of Szeged, with third-division Szegedi VSE.

Yet he failed to fulfill the expectations of both fans and experts because of his flamboyant lifestyle (including frequent and hard drinking), which ultimately led to his expulsion from Honvéd in 1977, despite having been one of the most popular characters in Hungarian football, adored both for his high technical skills and good sense of humor.

He scored one of his most memorable goals at Vienna's Prater Stadium in a 1974 World Cup qualification match against Austria on 15 October 1972.

His son Lajos Kocsis Jr. was also a football player but had a much less outstanding career, mostly playing for lower division teams.