A Hungarian name

[Curt F. Woolhiser]

I believe that the person you're looking for is Gyula Hegyi (1897-1978). In
Hungarian, the surname comes first, i.e. Hegyi Gyula (it would appear that your
Russian author thought that Hegyi was his first name).

Best,
Curt Woolhiser


Quoting Liv Bliss <bliss at WMONLINE.COM>:

> Dear SEELANGers -- Can anyone help me with the name of the chairman of
> the All-Hungary Committee for Physical Culture and Sport in the 1950s?
>
> The transliteration given in the Russian text I'm working on is Õ. Äüþëà
> (sometimes Õ. Äüþëëà) [Kh. D'yula or D'yulla]. The latter element could be
> Gyula, but the X./Kh. has me baffled. One Soviet source renders it as Õåäè
> (Khedi), but I couldn't confirm to my satisfaction that this really is the
> guy's
> name.
>
> I'm particularly miffed because he was also head of the Hungarian delegation
> to the epoch-making 1956 Melbourne Olympics, which should be a great help
> to me. But still I'm coming up dry.
>
> Best to all
> Liv
>
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