Vasas Sport Club is 100 years old
Date of issue: 16 March 2011
“Vasas Sport Club was founded on 16 March 1911, on the initiative
of Géza Malasits, politician of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party,
with the participation of thousands of people. During its history of 100
years the sports association was interested in 30 different branches of
sport, and today, according to the Statutes of the club, it has 17
sections. During the decades the sportsmen and sportswomen of the red
and blue association won 44 Olympic gold medals, more than 40 world
championship and European championship titles, and more than 1,500
national championship titles. Among the prominent persons who enhanced
the reputation of Vasas Sports Club were Imre Németh and Miklós Németh,
athletes, Rudolf Illovszky, the legendary trainer, János Farkas and
Kálmán Mészöly, football players, Csaba Hegedűs, who won the 100th
Olympic title for Hungary, and István Kozma, the other wrestling icon.
As tennis players were members of the Vasas Club Zsuzsa Körmöczy, who
won Roland Garros and Balázs Taróczy, who became champion of Wimbledon.
László Papp, György Gedó and István Kovács played box in this club.
Rudolf Kárpáti and Pál Kovács were fencers here. Everyone still admires
waterpolo players László Jeney, István Szívós and Kálmán Markovits,
similarly to the ”triumvirate” of Faragó-Csapó-Kenéz. A series of
personalities, such as Amália Sterbinszky, Erzsébet Gulyás Köteles,
Kálmán Ihász, Margit Korondi won laurels for Angyalföld and
international recognition for Hungarian universal sport. …In the next
100 years the main aim of Vasas remains to keep the excellent sportsmen
and sportswomen belonging to the club, help the preparation of as many
sportsmen and sportswomen as possible who are likely to win Olympic
medals, continuously improve the quality of coaching the second line,
pass on the love of sports to the youngest generation and ensure the
infrastructure needed for all this.” (Source: Blue and red centenary –
László Markovits: Bound by the past)
The stamp welcoming the centenary of the foundation of Vasas Sport
Club is red and blue, which are the colours of Vasas Sport Club, and it
also has the logo of the club. On the special envelope there is a list
of the sections, and the special cancellation stamp includes a stylised
drawing of the logo.
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Order code: 5998983535334 (stamp) 5998983535273 (FDC)
Date of issue: 16 March 2011
Nominal value: HUF 315
Number issued: 300,000
Perforation size: 40 x 30 mm (50 stamps/sheet)
Printing procedure: 4 colours offset
Printing press: Pénzjegynyomda
Designing artist: Ferenc Gusztáv Borbély