'Galloping Major' Puskas dies at 79

Hungary and Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas – one of football’s all-time greats – has died after long battle against pneumonia.

'Galloping Major' Puskas dies at 79

Hungary and Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas – one of football’s all-time greats – has died after long battle against pneumonia.

The 79-year-old, nicknamed the ‘Galloping Major’, had been in intensive care at a Budapest hospital for two months but had also been confined to hospital for six years with Alzheimer’s disease.

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