Imre Danka (24 December 1930 – 3 May 2014) 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 lea ...
who played as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...
.
Career
Born in
Szombathely
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Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...
, Danka played for
Szombathelyi Bőrgyár,
Szombathelyi MTE,
Szombathelyi Honvéd,
Székesfehérvári Építők and
Pécsi Dózsa.
He also earned four caps for the
Hungary national team.
Later life and death
Danka died on 3 May 2014.
References
1930 births
2014 deaths
Hungarian men's footballers
Hungary men's international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Pécsi MFC players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Footballers from Szombathely
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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