Puskas, one of the most prolific forwards in the history of the game, scored 84 goals in 85 matches for Hungary and remarkably also turned out four times for Spain.

He rose to prominance in the Hungarian league with Budapest Honvéd, scoring over 350 goals for the club, before moving to Real Madrid where he won four Pichichis and scored seven goals in two European Champions Cup finals.

Post-playing, he coached teams ranging from Panathinaikos to his beloved Hungary.

FIFA created the FIFA Puskas Award in October 2009, which since has been given to the player who has scored the ‘most beautiful goal’.

Here’s what else happened on this day in the world of sport:
1951: Australian Lionel Cooper set a new British rugby league record of 10 tries in one match, for Huddersfield against Keighley.
1991: Pete Sampras chalked up his second consecutive ATP Championship title by beating his fellow American Jim Courier in Frankfurt.
2001: Sale fly-half Charlie Hodgson came within one point of equalling the world record points tally in an international match when he scored 44 for England in the 134-0 win over Romania at Twickenham.
2005: New Zealand won the right to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals.
2013: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye revealed he had been advised to retire following shoulder surgery.
2015: England fans joined their French counterparts in a rousing rendition of La Marseillaise before a friendly match at Wembley. England won the match 2-0.