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Popular former Mossley striker Tibor Szabo dies aged 64 while on a cycle ride

January 2, 2025 by Tony Bugby

Mossley were sad to learn of the recent death of popular former player Tibor Szabo at the age of 64.

The striker, who died suddenly while cycling, made 197 appearances during three spells with the Lilywhites, scoring 63 goals.

Szabo joined Bradford City as an apprentice and made 13 appearances for the first team in the 1978-79 season, eight of them starts. He scored one league goal at home to Torquay before being released by the Bantams.

Tibor Szabo in his Mossley playing days

Szabo was signed along with goalkeeper Mike Sherlock from Macclesfield Town in August 1980 in a dual deal worth £2,000.

His four seasons with the club saw him score 14, 12, 17 and 15 goals and the first three campaigns saw Mossley finish runner-up each year in the Northern Premier League.

Szabo joined months after Mossley won the NPL title for a second successive year and reached the final of the FA Trophy at Wembley.

Initially he vied with favourites Leo Skeete and Davey Moore for a striking spot and later his competitors were Phil Derbyshire and Billy Hughes.

Towards the end of the 1983/84 season, Szabo was transferred to Gainsborough Trinity but returned the following season for a seven-game loan spell in which he scored three times.

Tibor Szabo with his Soccer Vision team in a tournament at Bolton Wanderers. Photo: Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Mossley signed Szabo for a third time in 1985/86, this time from Goole. He made five appearances scoring twice before continuing his playing career with Morecambe, Buxton, Liversedge and Eccleshill United before dropping down to local football with East Bowling Unity and Oakenshaw.

Bradford-born Szabo was a coach at Halifax Town as well as a PE teacher and helped set up the Vision Coaching Academy in 2001. He had also coached at Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Leeds United and Bradford City.

Szabo, whose late father Ferenc played football in his native Hungary at the time of the legendary Ferenc Puskas, leaves children Samantha and Daniel, mother Roza and grandchildren

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