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| 1927 | Birth |  |
| 2nd April Budapest Birth of Ferenc Puskas Biro
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| 1952 | Olympic Gold Medal | |
| Helsinki Winner of the Olympic Gold Medal with the Hungarian football team
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| 1956 | Exile | |
| Leaves Hungary after the Prague Spring, emigrates to Spain & plays for Real Madrid
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| 1956 | Retirement | |
| Made 85 appearances for the Hungarian national team between 1945 & 1956, scoring 84 goals
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| 1958 | Real Madrid | |
| Joins Real Madrid, receiving a œ10,000 signing-on fee
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| 1959 | European Cup | |
| Winner of the European Cup with Real Madrid
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| 1960 | European Cup | |
| The climax of the outstanding Real side is the 1960 European Cup Final played before 135,000 at Hampden Park
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| Winner of the European Cup with Real Madrid, beating Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3, Pusk s scores 4 goals
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| 1962 | European Cup | |
| Puskas plays in his last European Cup Final, for Real Madrid against Benfica in 1962. Benfica won 5-3, Puskas, aged 35, scored all three goals for Real
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| 1966 | European Cup | |
| Winner of the European Cup with Real Madrid
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| 1966 | Retirement | |
| Puskas Biro retires from football
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| 1993 | Manager | |
| Appointed caretaker Manager of the Hungarian side during the World Cup qualifiers
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| 2001 | Honours | |
| Hungary's national stadium is renamed in Puskas' honour
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| 2006 | Death | |
| 16th Oct Death of Ferenc Puskas Biro
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