Gyula Rumbold

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGyula Sándor•Rumbold
Used nameGyula•Rumbold
Nick/petnamesRunci
Born6 December 1887 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died5 October 1959 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
AffiliationsFerencvárosi TC, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Gyula Rumbold played for FTC between 1905-1914. During this period he won the Hungarian title seven times (1905, 1906/07, 1908/09, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1911/1912, 1912/13) as well as one Hungarian Cup (1913). Playing as a right-back, Rumbold was capped 33 times (1907-14) for the Hungarian national team and participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He fought on the Serbian and Russian fronts during World War I, was wounded several times, and spent several months in a prison camp. As a result, he withdrew from sports.

Rumbold studied arts and spent almost a year in Berlin as a painter. Returning home, he worked as a decorator, artist, and painter.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Football (Football) HUN Gyula Rumbold
Football, Men (Olympic) Hungary =5