György Bródy

György Bródy (21 July 1908 in Budapest – 5 August 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a Hungarian water polo player.

György Bródy
György Bródy, 1932, cropped
Personal information
Born (1908-07-21)July 21, 1908
Budapest, Hungary
Died August 5, 1967(1967-08-05) (aged 59)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality Hungarian
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Hungary
Water Polo
Gold medal – first place 1932 Los Angeles Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Team competition
Brody cropped from 1932 Hungarian Team photo

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.

He played an important role, however, in the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

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

Bródy was Jewish; he was one of only around nine Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in August of 1936, with the number including four Hungarians.[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. Many Hungarian Jews shared their fellow citizens' passion for sport and viewed participation as a means of assimilation. In the 1930s, however, the antisemitism of the fascist, pro-Nazi Hungarian government pervaded some fields of sport. In September of 1935, Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg Laws, having boycotted Jewish businesses forcing many to close, the laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, barred them from many professions such as theatre, law, and medicine, removed their right to vote or hold office, greatly limited their ability to attend public schools, Universities or obtain doctorates, and prevented them from being treated at Municipal hospitals.[2][1]

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

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Anti-Jewish Legislation in Pre-War Germany". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved July 16, 2022.


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