József Fogl, also known as József Fogoly, József Újpesti and Fogl III (14 August 1897 – 6 February 1971) was a Hungarian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played for

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, as well as representing the

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. Fogl was born in

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. Between 1920 and 1930 he played 37 games for the Hungarian national team as a left defender. Together with his older brother, Károly Fogl II, the two Fogls formed the legendary "Fogl-gate" (Fogl-gát in Hungarian), an extremely powerful and tough defending formation for more than a decade. Fogl III won the 1929

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and the 1930

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as well as the 1929–30 and

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season with

, being the captain of the team on all occasions. He died in Budapest on 6 February 1971.

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