How tall is Nándor Hidegkuti?

Nándor Hidegkuti's listed height was 176 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 80% of men in Hungary.

Where 176 cm sits among men in Hungary

Taller than about 80% of men in Hungary born in 1922 (average 170.1 cm).

About Nándor Hidegkuti

Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He was born on 3 March 1922 in Budapest. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC.

During the 1950s Hidegkuti was a key member of the Hungary national team known as the Golden Team, whose other members included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis and József Bozsik. In 1953, playing as a deep-lying centre-forward, he scored a hat-trick for Hungary when they beat England 6 to 3 at Wembley Stadium. Playing from deep, he was able to distribute the ball to the other attackers and cause confusion to defences, an innovation at the time.

Hidegkuti stood at a listed 176 cm (5'9"). He died on 14 February 2002, and MTK Hungária FC renamed their stadium Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium in his honour.

Frequently asked

How tall is Nándor Hidegkuti in feet and inches? Nándor Hidegkuti was 5'9" tall, which is 176 cm, 69.3 inches or 1.76 m.

Is Nándor Hidegkuti tall for men in Hungary? At 176 cm he was taller than about 80% of men in Hungary born in 1922, whose average height is 170.1 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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