Sándor Szűcs

He was a defender for Szolnoki MÁV and Újpest FC, with whom he was a three-time league champion in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

[3] Szűcs had received word of an offer from A.C. Milan through a contact and the pair considered escaping from Hungary.

The couple found someone who would help them reach the west in exchange for a half pound of gold plus US$5,000, if successful.

[2] Once arrested, an added complication for Szűcs was that he played for Ujpest, now named Budapesti Dózsa, which was controlled by the police.

This made him subject to an anti-defection law that called for life imprisonment or the death penalty for members of any armed service caught defecting.

[1][4] Since 1993, an elementary school was named after him in Újpest, while a football tournament for youth players of the district is held every year.

The stand of Újpest FC's Ferenc Szusza Stadium where home team supporters sit has been named after him.