Английская Википедия:György Szepesi
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György Szepesi (né Friedländer; 5 February 1922 – 25 July 2018) was a Hungarian radio personality, journalist and sports executive.[1][2] In 2006, Szepesi earned the record for the longest career as a sports commentator.[3]
Early life
Szepesi was born György Friedländer into a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary.[1][4] He played basketball for Hungary's Vác-Újbuda LTC until 1942. His father, Miklós Friedländer, died in the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945.[4] Szepesi himself was forced into a labour battalion in Ukraine, which was disbanded in October 1944.[4] Szepesi then returned to Budapest and lived with Gábor Kocsis, a fellow battalion survivor, Kocsis' wife, and their four children, until mid-January 1945, when the German troops retreated from Hungary.[5] Szepesi received his doctorate in sports history from the University of Physical Education in Budapest.[1]
Career
Szepesi began on Hungarian Radio in April 1945.[1][2][6][7][8] He covered the Olympic Games from 1948, and the Football World Cup from 1954.[1] Szepesi was a Hungarian Olympic Committee member from 1962 to 2000, and was the Executive Committee Chairman for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) from 1982 to 1994.[1] He was Chairman of the Hungarian Football Association (HFA) from 1978 to 1986.[1] He was the honorary chairman of the HFA, and an honorary member of FIFA's Executive Committee.[1]
Written works
- (with László Lukacs) The match of the century, Hungarian News and Information Service, 1953 Шаблон:OCLC
- Népesedésünk ma és holnap, Kossuth, 1986, Шаблон:ISBN
- Hungarian football rhapsody: 70 years of soccer history, Pannonia Press, 1968 Шаблон:Oclc
Death and legacy
Szepesi received the FIFA Medal in 1994, and the Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee in 1995.[1][3] He received the Pillar of Achievement Award from the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[1][2][6] In 2004, Szepesi was given the Prima Primissa Award in the Hungarian Electronic Press category.[9] In 2005, Szepesi became an honorary citizen of Budapest.[10] That same year, he was decorated with the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.[4]
In 2015, The Szepesi Prize was created to recognize other significant figures in Hungarian and sports journalism.[11] He died on 25 July 2018 in Budapest at the age of 96.[12]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 1,9 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ Gyász: elhunyt Szepesi György, a magyar rádiózás legendája Шаблон:In lang
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