Tibor Vigh

Tibor Vigh

Birthday 24 December 1941

Date of Passing 14 August 2015 (73)

Born in Budapest, HUN

Grew up in Budapest, HUN & Windsor, ON

Nationality CAN

Tibor Vigh

  • Soccer Province ON
  • Legacy # MNT-0085

Stats Summary

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  • Minutes Played 360
  • Red Cards 0
  • Yellow Cards 0
Goals 2
Assists 0
Appearances 4
Starts 4

Bio

Tibor Vigh... soccer family (brother Zoltan)... he was 14 years old when his father passed away... he moved from Belgium to Canada with his mother in 1956 (he spent his first three months in Fort William, then moved to Windsor where his sister and her husband were living)... he married his wife Phyllis Bondy...

represented Canada in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1968... made four international “A” appearances in 1968 with Canada Soccer's National Team…

said Vigh in 1966 to reporter Jim Nelson, “although some of the fellows I played with and kicked around with participated in the (Hungarian) revolution, as a 14-year old would, my mother actually locked me in so I wouldn’t become involved”...

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