Ferenc Velkey: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Hungarian basketball and handball player (1915–2008)}}

{{Hungarian name|Velkey Ferenc}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|11|15}}

| birth_place = [[Nagykáta]], Hungary

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| death_place = [[Budapest]], Hungary

| sport = [[Basketball]], [[field handball]]

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'''Ferenc Velkey''' or '''Velkei''' (November 15, 1915 – September 12, 2008) was a Hungarian [[basketball]] and [[field handball]] player, and [[sports administrator]].<ref name=mkosz>{{cite web |title=Eltemették Velkei Ferencet |trans-title=Ferenc Velkei was buried |url=https://hunbasket.hu/hir/21196/eltemettek-velkei-ferencet |website=hunbasket.hu |publisher=[[Hungarian Basketball Federation]] |access-date=August 4, 2022 |language=hu |date=October 1, 2008}}</ref>

Velkey was born in [[Nagykáta]] on November 15, 1915.<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |title=Ferenc Velkey |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/32238 |website=Olympedia |access-date=August 4, 2022}}</ref> He played for the [[Hungary men's national basketball team|Hungary national basketball team]] for many years, competing in three [[European Basketball Championship|European Championships]], including a third place finish in [[EuroBasket 1946|1946]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Małolepszy |first1=Tomasz |title=European Basketball Championship Results since 1935 |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810887831 |pages=13–15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUxCnZw9XlkC}}</ref> He retired from playing in 1949, after which he continued to be involved in the sport as an international [[referee]] and [[sports administrator|administrator]].<ref name=mkosz/> Away from basketball, he was a member of the Hungarian field handball team which finished fourth in the [[Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Olympic tournament]] in [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]].<ref name=mkosz/><ref name=olympedia/>

Velkey died in [[Budapest]] on September 12, 2008, and was buried in [[Farkasréti Cemetery]].<ref name=mkosz/>

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[[Category:Hungarian men's basketball players]]

[[Category:Olympic handball players for Hungary]]

[[Category:Hungarian referees and umpires]]

[[Category:Hungarian sports executives and administrators]]

[[Category:Basketball executives]]

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