The illustrated history of the beginnings of the Hungarian sports journalism Cover Image

A magyar sportújságírás kezdetének képes története
The illustrated history of the beginnings of the Hungarian sports journalism

Author(s): Lajos Szabó
Subject(s): Media studies, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: sports journalism; Kálmán Porzsolt;Herkules;Nemzeti Sport (National Sport)

Summary/Abstract: As the Hungarian sports, the sports journalism starts in Hungary between the firsts in Europe.From 1857 until the outbreak of World War I there appeared many sports-themed magazines that have played an important role in contemporary Hungarian sport popularization. Editors were athletes or sports specialists who carried the soul if popularizing the sport. Their publications are today an inexhaustible source for historians of sport.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 47-62
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Hungarian