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Mihály Laczkó, who led the Hungarian Football Association between 1989 and 1994 and 1996-1998, passed away at the age of 86 in his life. Mihály Laczkó Jr., his son, the businessman-player agent, reported the news on his community page, which was also confirmed to National Sport by Ferenc Genzwein, a family friend and rector of the University of Physical Education.
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| Mihály Laczkó (1935-2020) |
The MLSZ considers the sporting director to be its own dead.
Mihály Laczkó He was born on May 6, 1935 in Medgyesbodzás, Békés county.
He graduated from the Budapest University of Technology in 1969 as a chemical engineer and in 1971 he obtained a doctorate in engineering. He has been President and CEO of Magyar Kábel Művek since 1985.
He became director of the Hungarian Football Association in 1989 and served as president until 1994. Shortly afterwards, between 1996 and 1998, he returned to direct MLSZ – Mihály Lackó recalled his life on the association’s official website.
“I resigned twice as president of the MLSZ, but not once for football. First, because my company was privatized and I didn’t have enough time for sports. And secondly, because we were before the elections and politics wanted to use football for their purposes, but I didn’t ask for it. He spoke of his career as a sports director in an interview with Blikk in February this year.
Mihály Laczkó received the Eötvös Loránd Prize in 1979 and the Kandó Kálmán Prize in 1981 and 1986. He was also a permanent engineer, with more than 60 patents.
| Sándor Puhl, who led the World Cup final in the United States in 1994 and was voted the best referee in the world four times.: “I was surprised by the news, I can’t find the words. I worked a lot with Mihály Laczkó and I can thank her a lot, but also Hungarian football ”. |
| János Csank, federal captain of the Hungarian national football team between 1996 and 1998: “I have known Mihály Laczkó for a long time, as he was from Békés county, and I trained in Békéscsaba. He was a great person and even a great footballer, I knew him as a true gentleman, he was an infinitely correct leader of Hungarian football in difficult times. He had several sayings, one of which is that there are leaders and semiconductors. Well, he was a leader! ” |
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