György Bródy

Hungarian water polo player (1908–1967)

György Bródy

György Bródy, 1932, cropped

Personal information

Born

(1908-07-21)21 July 1908
Budapest, Hungary

Died

5 August 1967(1967-08-05) (aged 59)
Johannesburg, South Africa

Nationality

Hungarian

Medal record

Men's water polo

Representing Hungary
Water Polo
	1932 Los Angeles	Team competition
	1936 Berlin	Team competition

Brody cropped from 1932 Hungarian Team photo

György Bródy (21 July 1908 – 5 August 1967) was a Hungarian water polo player.

Career

At the 1928 Summer Olympics he was a reserve player for the Hungarian water polo team, but did not compete in a match of the tournament.

In 1932, he was part of the Hungarian team that won the gold medal, playing two matches in the critical role of goalkeeper.^[1]

Four years later, in 1936, he won the gold medal again with the Hungarian team at the Berlin Games. Playing a major role, he tended goal in six matches.^[1] He was one of only around nine Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Germany-hosted Olympics, with the number including four Hungarians.^[1]

Bródy died on 5 August 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Nazi Olympics (Berlin 1936)—Jewish Athletes; Olympic Medalists". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2011.