Prof. TIBERIU BABEU's LIST of ILSA FOLKS
The following list has been compiled by Prof. Tiberiu Babeu. The main focus is on Prof. Babeu's contemporaries, active at ILSA during the late 1940's and 1950's.
ALTMANN PONTYI
- born in the 1930s
- campion orasenesc (66 meter freestyle)
- electrical engineer
BOCK LISBETH
- born in
1930
- multiple Romanian national champion
- multiple Romanian record holder at various age groups (junioare, senioare)
- 100, 200, 400 and 800 meter freestyle
- moved to
Timisoara from Sibiu
BECK LADISLAU
- born in
1938
- campion scolar (33 meter breaststroke)
- living in Germania (as of April 2003)
BUCOVICEANU JANI
- born in 1932
- campion orasenesc la 66 m spate juniori
- also a freestyler
- passed away in 2001
BOGRE EMERIC
- born in 1935
-
former singer the choir of Timisoara's Opera House
- retired (as of April 2003)
BADEA MIHAI
- born in 1938 (approx.)
- polo player
- former ELBA employee
BAADER EMERICK
- born in 1926
- former
breaststroker (1946-47), later swimming coach
CRETU (first name?)
- born in
1939
- swimmer
- sports newspaper reporter
DAVID TUCHI
- born in
1940 (Resita)
- swimmer and water polo player
- Medical doctor (urologist)
- Ph.D. in medical science
- working in Germany (as of April 2003)
DOMANY EVI
- born in
1934
-
Romanian national champion (100 and 200 meter papillon, junioara,
1949 and 1950)
- medical doctor (psichiatrist)
- retired (as of April 2003)
FREUND PETER GEORGE OLIVER
- born in
1936
- campion scolar (33 meter breaststroke, 1949)
- graduated C.D. Loga High School in 1953
- graduated Facultatea de Electrotehnica Timisoara in 1958
- Ph.D. in physics, Vienna University, 1960
- world-renowned scientific and academic personality
- Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute (University of Chicago)
FREUND IMRE (Emerich) (nicknamed Apaca)
- born in 1909
- one of
ILSA's greatest contributions to the sport of water polo
- member of ILSA's original water polo team (late 1930s-1940s), where he played defender
- swimming and water polo coach (ILSA Timisoara, Oradea, Romanian national team)
- referee in Romania's soccer major league (Divizia A)
- father of Roland Freund, one of Germany's best water polo players ever
- emigrated to Germany in the 1970s
- passed away in Berlin (circa 1990)
FUCSIK SANDY
- born in
1931
- campion scolar
- campion
orasenesc (66 and 100 meter breaststroke)
- saxophone
player
- civil/structural engineer
FUREDI LADISLAU
- born in
1929
- actively involved in organizing swimming meets
- involved
with Timisoara's Philharmonics
- retired in Budapest, Hungary (as of April 2003)
GANS DUDI
- born 1934
- started swimming for ILSA in 1949, later for CFR Timisoara (freestyle)
- Living in Israel (info current as of April 2003) (address unknown)
GOSCHY (?)
- born in 1934
- ILSA swimmer
GREINER ADOLF (Dolfi)
- born in 1936
- Romanian national champion and national record holder (100 and 200 meter breaststroke)
- assumed to have settled in Austria or Germany
GAVRILA NICOLAE (Miklos; Roibu-Mare; Nagy-Voros)
- born 1929
- Romanian national champion (water polo) while playing for ILSA
- played central defender
- played for CCA Bucharest during his military service
- returned to play for ILSA
- actually employed by ILSA
GAVRILA MIHAI (Misu; Roibu Mic; Kiss-Voros)
- born in 1936, passed away in 1986
-
Romanian national champion (4 x 50 meter freestyle relay, Resita, 1949)
- administrative director at Institutul de Medicina Timisoara
GYULA-BACSI
- ILSA maintenance man, in charge of pool and boat hangar
- also in charge of daily distribution of milk and dark bread to ILSA swimmers
- European rowing champion (Ferencvaros Budapest)
HUDITEANU DAVID
- born in
1933 (deceased)
- national champion (concursul popular de inot juniori, 1949)
- played polo for ILSA (juniori)
- Romanian national water polo champion (Cluj, 1950 - juniori)
-
nationally known surgeon; Ph.D in medical sciences; department head
HEITZ FELIX
- born in 1930
- multiple Romanian national champion and national record holder (100 and 200 meter breaststroke)
- originally
from Sibiu, returned to Sibiu after his ILSA days to become a swimming
coach
HOSZPODAR ZOLTAN
- for more info see ILSA Olympians page
- born in 1932
- two-time Olympic participant (1952 and 1956) (water polo)
-
multiple Romanian national champion (100, 200,
- water polo player
- also played for CCA Bucharest
HOLENDER IOAN (Holy, Jancsi)
- born in 1935
- Timisoara champion, 33 meter breaststroke (late 1940s)
- Director of the Vienna Opera House (Wiener Staatsoper)
- much decorated personality of the music world
- author of an autobiographical book
HOLLAENDER ENDRE (Andrei)
- born in March 1933
-
swimmer and water polo player
- coached by Torok Gabi
- city and regional champion (100 meter freestyle)
- good friend of Lovas Peter
- cousin of Ioan Holender (see above)
- settled in Tel Aviv, Israel
JONASIUS TITUS PARTENIE (Teni)
- born in 1936
- campion scolar, 33 meter breaststroke (1949)
-
graduated C.D.Loga high school (1953
- mechanical engineer (graduated college in 1958)
- retired in Essen, Germany (as of April 2003)
- president of Essen-Kettwig Bridge Club
-
phone: 49 201 44 32 4 64
KAPPLER GUNTER
- born in Reghin
- ILSA swimmer during his high school and college years in Timisoara
- champion swimmer in long distance events (800-1500 meter)
- Senior Vice-President of Engineering of BMW Rolls-Royce
RAFFAY GHEORGHE (Gyuszi)
- born in Timisoara in January 1934
- started swimming for ILSA in 1949
- winner of many medals in 100
meter breaststroke
- address as of April 2003: Calea Bogdanestilor 32, scara B ap.23,
Timisoara.
- phone number as of April 2003: 40 256 14 18 75
RAFFAY ALEXANDRU
- born in Timisoara in July 1936
- started swimming for ILSA in 1952 (breast and backstroke)
- Living in the USA (as of April 2003) (address unknown)
PFEILSCHMIDT JOSIF
- nicknamed Jazsa
- national champion 100 m backstroke
- passed away in Germany (2010)
To be continued ... many thanks to Prof. Tiberiu Babeu for providing the above information