English Influences on Modern Sport in Hungary Part 2
English Influences on Modern Sport in Hungary Part 2

Summary/Abstract: Miksa Esterházy and the introduction of athletics What István Széchenyi was to horse racing in Hungary, Count Miksa Esterházy was to the early days of athletics: a founding father, financial sponsor, theorist and publicist, an organiser—and sportsman who led by personal example. When he was a young man, Esterházy had been a diplomat in the Austro- Hungarian service in Paris, London and the United States; at the latter two postings he became devoted to sport. Back home, his enthusiasm, his informality, his particular aristocratic egalitarianism and his authentic fair play spirit infected the supporters he had quickly won to his side.[...]

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