Following on from the Register of Imports: France we went on to list the Hungarian visitors to Britain. Here's the list so far, and I'll hand it back to John to maintain, mend and referee.
The Hungarian Imports 11/11/18
Andreas Svajic
Arpi Weber
Baron Von Heczy
Janos Toth
Josef Kovacs
Josef Molnar
Kalman Gaston
Lazlo Bajko
Peter Szakacs
Tibor Szakacs
Zoltan Boscik
Sandor Demeter is one i've since seen on both Independent and Joint bills.
Brendl wrestled in Vienna Austria 1947 and 48 under his real name Mihaly Orgovany.
That's great thanks MM, always neat to see an Oakeley show. Hard to find much from Earl's Court but it was a major venue at the time.
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Great Stuff MM , I see that great big Ghoul is on this one.
Am I right in saying this one is 1937
If you google Mike Brendel , he became a film star.
If you google Mike Brendel , you will see he became a film star.
And also the one we all missed Mike Brendel. Real name Mihaly Orgovanyi
Janos Nemeth, worked for Paul Lincoln.
Have talked to Áron on twitter, he seems an enthusiastic chap. Hope his project works out well.
Thesz was born in the United States with Hungarian parents. Aron has asked for his UK visit to be included.
If Lou Thesz was Hungarian, as mentioned in the last post, he needs to go to the top of your list Hack.
A lot of Heritage research goes on behind the scenes away from the website. We have received this email. If you have information and believe you can help please email us and we will put you in touch with Aron.
Good day!
My name is Áron Kiss and I’m a professional wrestler in Hungary and also one of the re-founders of pro-wrestling in my country.
I hope the whole crew of Wrestling Heritage are doing well.
I really need your help since your Knowledge is really huge in wrestling.
I’m in a big research mission for years of old school hungarian wrestlers (Tibor Szakacs, Zoltan Boscik, Sandor Szabo, Lou Thez etc) because I’d like to collect everyrhing about them to publish a book and a documentary later about them and their stories. Sadly my country barely knows anything about them and that’s a shame. I feel that it’s a responsibilty of mine to taking care of their names.
I already collected amazing footages, and renovated more than 100 posters so I’m on my way but far from complete.
I’d like to ask your help and basically anything you know about them.
Also I’m looking for wrestlers still alive or relatives.
Regards,
Áron Kiss
At present this is the list of Hungarian wrestlers we are working on.
Hungarian Wrestlers in the UK
Visitors
1930s
Stanislaw Karolyi (1934-1937, 1950-51)
1930s/40s
Stefan Novotny (1934,1946) Steve Szalay (1935-39, 1947-48)
1950s/60s
Josef Kovacs (1958 - 1968)
Gideo Gidea (1954, 1956 - 65)
1960s
Baron Von Heczy 1961-2 (Ray has an odd one in June 1951)
1960s/70s
Josef Molnar (1960 - 72)
Mihalyi Kuti (1950, 1952, 1953, 1960-65, 1971-2)
1970s
Arpi Weber (1971)
UK Based
1950s
Janos Horvath (1958)
1950s/60s/70s
Peter Szakacs (1958 - 78)
Tibor Szakacs (1957-78)
Lazlo Bajko (1957-71)
1950s/60s/70s/80s
Zoltan Boscik (1959-1988)
1960s
Janos Toth (1966-67)
Andreas Veitcheck (1961 – 1 match independents)
Vince Gyungyi (Venzyl Gyguyi) Gyguyi (1968-9)
Stan Karoly (1968-79)
Janos Nemeth (1962-3)
1960s/70s
Andreas Svajic (1960-74)
Sandor Rosza (1965-78)
Kalman Gaston (1961-73)
Josef Szabo (1962-70)
stephan novotny was here in 1946. Would like to see a photo of him
Looks like while I was adding the ones above, you were uploading more posts from 2018 which included a few of the same names, sorry Hack!
Ed (or Eddie) Virag
Stanley (or Stan) Karolyi
Michael Nador, sometimes written as Micha Nador
Gedeon Gida, sometimes written as Gideon Gida
Stan karoly. Another one to add to your list John.
Lajko Nandor
The A-Z notes that he was a "Hungarian light heavyweight (who) visited during the winter of 1951-'52, meeting the likes of Tony Mancelli, Milo Popocopolis, light heavyweight champion Sonny Wallis and inevitably losing to Bert Assirati."
I haven't found much as yet. Bit of a tongue twister if not actually Hungarian:
February 24th, 1969 – Bradford, England
Venzil Gyguyi b Tiger Lombardo
November 12th, 1969 – Newton, England
Venzil Gyguyi b Luis Lombardo
December 8th, 1969 – Altrincham, England
Venzil Gyguyi b Luis Lombardo