Lujo Györy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian player, referee and official
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Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia
About Lujo Györy
- Lujo Györy (28 May 1930 – 28 March 2012) was a Croatian handball player, referee and official. Györy was born in Zagreb on May 28, 1930.
- He was engaged in sport from an early age, first swimming, then water polo and football.
- With the persecution of Jews in the Independent State of Croatia his father was taken away in an unknown direction, never to be heard of again.
- During that time Györy was educated at the Franciscans grammar school in Varaždin.
- Toward the end of the World War II, after high school graduation, he returned to Zagreb.
- In 1948 he moved to Porec where he founded the NK Jadran Porec for which he played.
- In addition to football, Györy and several of his friends founded the swimming club of the same name.
- After military service in the Yugoslav People's Army Györy returned to Zagreb where he attended and graduated from the Higher Pedagogical Academy at the University of Zagreb.
- At that time he played handball.
- In 1956 he won the Yugoslavian Cup with RK Mladost Zagreb, and in 1957 Yugoslav Handball Championship second place.
- In 1960 Györy moved to GRK Zagreb with whom he won the Yugoslav Handball Championship in 1962, 1963 and 1965.
- From 1961 to 1965 he played for the Yugoslavia national handball team with 15 appearances.
- He also played on the 1964 World Men's Handball Championship in Czechoslovakia.
- Györy retired from active playing in 1967 only to become referee.
- He judged in the Yugoslav Handball Championship from 1970 to 1980 in 1260 handball matches.
- After he served as the league federal controller since 1981 to 1990.
- With Croatia independence, from 1991 to 1998, he worked as a supervisor and delegate in the Croatian Premier Handball League.
- He was later named handball instructor-supervisor.In 2009 Croatian Olympic Committee awarded Györy with the Matija Ljubek award.
- Györy donated €100,000 to Zagreb oncology foundation and over 30 paintings drawn by his late wife Mira Györy.
- He was a member of the Jewish community Zagreb.
- Györy died on March 28, 2012 in Zagreb and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.
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