Field: Media Inducted: 1989 Country: Hungary Born: 1922
in Budapest, Hungary
Gyorgy
Szepesi has been a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee
from 1962 into the year 2000 and chairman
of the Executive Committee of the
Federation Internationale de Football (FIFA) 1982 to 1994.
In 1994,
Szepesi received the FIFA
Medal, and in 1995, he was recipient
of the Olympic Order
from Juan Antonio Samaranch,
president of the International
Olympic Committee.
Szepesi has been a fixture
at Hungarian Radio since
1945, when he was appointed
editor-in-chief. He has covered
Olympic Games since 1948, including
the 2000 Games in
Australia. Since 1954, he has
covered every (soccer) Football
World Cup.
It was during his term as
chairman of the Hungarian
Football Association (HFA),
from 1978 to 1986 that contact
was first made with the Israeli
Football Association. He is
now honorary chairman of the
HFA and honorary member of
FIFA’s Executive Committee.
Receiving his doctorate in
sports history from the University of
Physical Education in Budapest, Szepesi
played basketball for Hungary’s
VAC until the Fascists disbanded the
club in 1942.