ELECTED MEMBERS
   
Last NameSportCountryYear Inducted
ISTVAN BARTA (BERGER)

Sport: Water Polo
Inducted: 1998
Country: Hungary
Born: 1895 in Hungary
Died: 1948


The 1932 Hungarian Olympic gold medal Water Polo team, with Gyorgy Brody sixth from left and Istvan Barta holding ball.

Istvan Barta was goalkeeper for Hungary’s 1928 Olympic silver medal water polo team and back-up goalie for the 1932 Olympic gold medal champions.

A member of Hungary’s National Water Polo Team from 1923 to 1932, he was Hungary’s Olympic goalie at the 1924 Games, finishing fifth, and ingoal for Hungary’s European Championship teams of 1926, 1927, and 1931.

 
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