Hungarian Golden Team defender Jeno Buzanszky laid to rest

Jeno Buzanszky, last of the Mighty Magyars soccer team that dominated the sport of the 1950s was laid to rest on Friday in a ceremony at Budapest's St. Stephen's Basilica attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and many legendary soccer players from later years.

Buzanszky died on January 11, at the age of 89. He had played right back on the 1952 Olympic gold medalist team and in the match dubbed "The Game of the Century," in 1953 when Hungary beat England 6-3 at Wembley Stadium. He was also on the team that lost the 1954 world championship finals to West Germany, interrupting the team's winning streak, which then picked up and continued until 1956.

Buzanszky had been the last surviving member of the team following the death of star striker Ferenc Puskas in 2006 and goalkeeper Gyula Grosics in June of 2014.

Addressing the gathering Orban called Buzanszky one of those rare Hungarians, whom everyone accepted and respected, a national legend.

Orban said the Golden Team "had left posterity with two legacies: its performance, which would be near impossible to surpass, and the example of how one needed to combat the impossible."

Representing the Hungarian Football Federation, its president, Sandor Csanyi, said they were saying good bye not only to Buzanszky but to " a portion of our past," to the most outstanding period in Hungarian soccer history.

Buzanszky was laid to rest in the basilica's crypt. Endite