Géza Teleki

Géza Teleki (also known as "Géza von Teleki", Budapest, November 27, 1911 – Washington, D.C., January 5, 1983) was a Hungarian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, son of Pál Teleki.

Hungarian Sea Scouts were present at a Sea Scout rally held in the summer of 1927 at Helsingør, Denmark. On a sailing cruise, Teleki was inclined to ignore a reprimand from his Scoutmaster, Fritz M. de Molnár, for failure to carry out a small but necessary exercise of seamanship. Molnár tried to drive home his point by threatening to tell the boy's father on their return to Budapest. Géza replied "Oh, Dad's not interested in Scouting." This roused Molnár's mettle, and he determined to take up the subject of Scouting with Count Teleki. Teleki became interested, and Hungary obtained the wholehearted support and encouragement of one of its most noted citizens, becoming Chief Scout, honorary Chief Scout, a member of the International Committee for many years, Camp Chief of the 4th World Scout Jamboree and a close friend and contemporary of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell.

In 1936 he was a member of the Hungarian team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. He played all three matches as forward.

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External links

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/geza-von-teleki-1.html profile]

References

* "Scouting Round the World", John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959 p. 165