Athletes Behaving BadlyMain MenuAthletes Behaving Badly: The Evolution of Socialist Hungary's Elite Sport Policy Through the Prism of PunishmentsAn Analysis of Elite Sport in Socialist Hungary Through Punishments Athletes ReceivedIntroductionHungarian Sport in the Cold WarMolding Athletes Behavior: Punishments as a LessonNo. 1 Crime: Defecting to the West1951: The Case of Sándor Szűcs1956: Mass Defections from Hungarian AthletesCase #2: Géza Kádas in 1957Case #3: Gábor BenedekDezső Gyarmati: The Athlete Who Got it AllThe Ambiguous Crime of Smuggling: Both A Prized Reward and Punishable OffenseConclusion: Impact of 1956 Revolution & Mass Defections on PunishmentsJohanna Mellis337c8aa15975253503108a6ba2daff82d0111139
12016-12-12T11:43:00-08:00Gábor Erdős: An International Athlete-Smuggler6plain2016-12-14T10:44:48-08:00 The map above shows the extent of fencer Gábor Erdős's travels on one single fencing tour, where he crossed the Iron Curtain before returning to Budapest. Erdős, who competed on Vasutas, the Railway Workers' Club, from 1957-1985, never went to the Olympic team but was selected to the national team numerous times during his career. He purposefully made smuggling a side business, alongside his fencing. In his interview clip, Erdős discusses explains which kinds of items he brought to most of the destinations in the map, where he sold them, and about how much he could earn by selling or trading them.
