fullname youthclubs clubs death_date death_place caps birth_place goals nationalteam height position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
péter poteleczky mtk hungária fc mtk hungária fc 17 may 1967 budapest , hungary 231 budapest , hungary 156 hungary 1.76 forward 24 1950 -- 1956 27 june 1929 péter palotás
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péter palotás

péter palotás -lrb- 27 june 1929 -- 17 may 1967 -rrb- , born as péter poteleczky , was a hungarian footballer who played as a forward for mtk hungária fc and hungary .
during the 1950s he was a fringe member of the legendary team known as the `` mighty magyars '' and played alongside the likes of ferenc puskás , zoltán czibor , sándor kocsis , nándor hidegkuti and józsef bozsik .
palotás was an early pioneer of the `` deep lying centre-forward '' role and in 1955 he scored the first ever hat-trick in a european cup game .
in 1959 he was forced to retire as a player due to a heart condition .
the same condition led to his premature death on 17 may 1967 .
