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Hungarian
Sports and Recreation
Hungarians
aren't big fans of typical American
sports. Baseball,
football
and basketball
are captivating televisions on Sunday afternoons, as they might in Peoria, Illinois
or the Bronx. What are they into? They boat,
they sail,
they bike (mountain
biking is especially popular). Soccer
is big as well. Consider picking up a Hungarian
T-Shirt or Flag to wave or wear when you catch the next game. |
| Albert,
Florian Soccer born: September 15, 1941, Hercegszanto, Hungary World Cup scoring title and European Soccer Player of the Year (1967). Barna, Victor Ping Pong born: August 24, 1911, Budapest, Hungary died: February 1972 Table Tennis World Champion Pal Benko Chess born: July 15, 1928, Amiens, France Chess Champion Grandmaster. US Chess Hall of Fame. Pal Benko: My Life, Games, and Compositions Besenyei, Péter Acrobatics World Champion Boloni, Ladislau (Laszlo) Soccer Soccer Player and Romanian National Team Head Coach. Boros, Julius Golf born: March 3, 1920, Bridgeport, CT died: 1994 Bugner, Joe Boxing born: 1950, Hungary (WBF) World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Australian Heavyweight Champion. Csonka, Larry Football born: December 25, 1946, Stow, OH Running back for the Miami Dolphins. Hall of Fame. Super Bowl VIII MVP. Egerszegi, Krisztina Swimming born: August 16, 1974, Budapest, Hungary Five-time Olympic Gold Medalist. Youngest Olympic champion ever. Only woman to win five gold medals in individual swimming events. Gogolak, Peter & Charlie Football New York Giants. All-Pro. Groza, Lou Football born: January 25, 1924, Martins Ferry, OH died: November 29, 2000, Berea, OH Place kicker for the Cleveland Browns. Six-time All Pro. Hall of Fame. Halas, George "Papa Bear" Football born: February 2, 1895, Chicago, IL died: 30620 Hall of Fame football coach and founder of the Chicago Bears. Helped found the NFL Papa Bear : The Life and Legacy of George Halas Hargitay, Mickey (Miklós) Weightlifting born: October 19, 1927, Budapest, Hungary Mr. Universe. Hingis, Martina Tennis born: Kassa, [now called Kosice after Czech and Slovak annexation] Was the youngest #1 ranked player ever at age 17, and became the youngest to win a Grand Slam title. Martina Hingis (Women Who Win) Hrabosky, Alan Thomas Baseball born: July 21, 1949 Oakland, CA One of the most effective relievers of the 1970's Called "the Mad Hungarian" for wild-haired look and angry stomping on the mound. Plated with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Kansas City Royals and the Atlanta Braves homepage Ienei, Emeric (Imre) Soccer Player and Romanian National Team Head Coach. Károlyi, Béla and Márta Gymnastics born: September 13, 1942, Kolozsvár, Transylvania) U.S. Gymnastics Coach to Nadia Comaneci, and Mary Lou Retton. Defected from Romania September 1980. Feel No Fear: The Power, Passion, and Politics of a Life in Gymnastics Kincsem Horse Racing born: 1874 Filly :) Kiraly, Karch Volleyball born: November 3, 1960, Jackson, MI Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and Professional Volleyball Player. Kocsis, Sándor Soccer born: 10859 died: 28692 Members of the "Magnificent Magyars" Kosár, Bernie Football born: November 25, 1963, Youngstown, OH Quarterback for the Browns, Cowboys and the Dolphins. Mednyanszky, Maria Ping Pong born: 1901 died: 1979, Budapest Table Tennis Champion. First official female World Champion Medwick, Joe Golf born: 1911 died: 1975 Played in World-Series. Nicknamed "The Muscular Magyar" Hall of Fame. Molnar, Miklos Soccer born: June 10, 1970, Copenhagen, Denmark Kansas City Wizards, International. | Nagy,
Charles Baseball born: May 5, 1967, Fairfield, CT Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. Three-time All-Star. Olympics Gold Medal Winner. Namath (Németh), Joe Football Quarterback for New York Jets. Hall of Fame. Super Bowl MVP. please support our sponsors Orosz, Tom Football NFL Football Player. Superbowl Punter for the Miami Dolphins. Wore #3 Papp, Laszlo Boxing born: March 25, 1926 Budapest, Hungary First boxer in history to win three consecutive Olympic Gold Medals. Polgár, Zsuzsa (Susan) Chess Woman's World Chess Champion, and reigning woman World champion in Blitz and Rapid Chess. She was the first woman to earn an overall Chess Grand Master title in 1991. Polgár, Judit (Judith) Chess Grandmaster at 15 years old. 10th in the World Chess Federation. Highest rated female chess player in the world. First female player to win the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 1988. Judit Polgar: The Princess of Chess Polgár, Zsófia (Sofia) Chess Pozsár, Géza Gymnastics U.S. Gymnastics National Team coach and choreographer. Puskás, Ferenc Soccer born: April 2, 1927, Budapest Members of the "Magnificent Magyars" Reményi , Maria Judith Beauty Queen Miss USA 1966 Seles, Monica Tennis born: Vajdaság (Vojvodina), the Hungarian region that was given to Serbia/Yugoslavia. Won nine Grand Slam singles titles. Bronze medal in the Sydney Olympics 2000. Shula, Don Football born: 1930 Football coach for the 17-0 Miami Dolphins. Winningest Coach in NFL History. Hall of Fame. Sipos, Anna Ping Pong born: 1908, Hungary died: 1972 Table Tennis first female player to use the "pen holder grip." Stojko, Elvis Ice dancing born: March 22, 1972, Newmarket, grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Three-time World Champion. Seven-time Canadian National Champion. Two-time Olympic Silver Medalist. Szabados, Miklos Ping Pong born: 1912 died: 1960 Six World Doubles titles Szabo, Ekaterina (Katalin) Gymnastics born: January 22, 1966, Zágon, Transylvania (now in Romania) Gymnast. Four Olympic gold medals and one silver in Los Angeles competing for Romania. Szalay, Thatcher Football born: January 18, 1979, OK NFL Football Player Cincinnati Bengals. Wears #66. Szalay, Professor Weightlifting Father of British Weightlifting Thesz, Lou Wrestling Varkonyi, Robert Poker born: 1961, Brooklyn, NY Poker World Series Champion of 2002. First to Win $2 million. Vegh, Daniel Ping Pong US ping pong champion Vermes, Peter Soccer born: November 21, 1966 in Willingboro, NJ Kansas City Wizards, US National Team (captain), International |
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