Water polo's gyarmati recalls last london games

Budapest(Reuters)The first time dezso gyarmati got into outlet online ralph lauren italia the pool to play a game of olympic water polo, london still bore the marks of devastation from the second world war and the field was missing germany, japan and the soviet union.The year was 1948.

Gyarmati, 20 years old at the time, felt at home in london, where he had played for the kingsbury club, but his hungarian national team fell just short of a gold.

Four, to be precise, plus that one silver and two bronzes.Gyarmati is the most decorated olympic water polo personality of all time, with five appearances as a player, two more as head coach, and podium finishes each time.

Hungary ruled supreme in the world of water polo between 1930 and 1980, at times transcending sport and entering general history even as ... Read more »