Sándor Barcs

Sándor Barcs (10 November 1912 – 7 January 2010) was a Hungarian journalist, politician, sports executive and amateur footballer.^[1] He was the Acting President of UEFA between July 1972 and March 1973. In 2003, Sándor Dorogi, on behalf of the MTI news agency, presented him with the "Golden Ring" award, which met with a divided response in journalistic circles due to the honoree's not uncontroversial political past (he was, among other things, a presiding judge at the show trial and co-signer of the death sentence against László Rajk).^[2]

Sándor Barcs
Member of the National Assembly
In office 16 September 1947 – 1 May 1990
Vice President of UEFA
In office 17 April 1962 – 7 July 1972
In office 15 March 1973 – 22 April 1978
Acting President of UEFA
In office 7 July 1972 – 15 March 1973
Preceded by	Gustav Wiederkehr
Succeeded by	Artemio Franchi
Personal details
Born	Bartsch Sándor (1912-11-10)10 November 1912 Szeged, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Died	7 January 2010(2010-01-07) (aged 97) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Political party	FKGP (1943–49) MSZMP (1964–89)
Spouse(s)	Molnár Mária (1945-?), Kenéz Márta (1962-?), Szabó Magdolna (1970-?)
Profession	journalist, politician, sports officer

The native form of this personal name is Barcs Sándor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.