György Pásztor

György Pásztor ([ˈɟørɟ ˈpaːstor]: 2 March 1923 – 22 August 2022) was a Hungarian ice hockey player and sports administrator.

He was a delegate to the International Ice Hockey Federation, and was chairman of its medical committee for 12 years, overseeing tests for doping in sport.

[4][9] His playing career was interrupted during World War II, and resumed with the hockey team at Csepel SC during the 1948–49 season.

[1] Pásztor later said that one of his favorite memories of playing was the 1959 Hungarian championship, when he scored the winning goal with 18 seconds remaining in the game versus Dózsa Újpest.

[1][2][4] He felt that to improve ice hockey in Hungary, a stronger national league was needed, which required more youths, more arenas, and proper leadership.

When the MJSZ historical committee decided to establish a national ice hockey museum, Pásztor was asked to be a consultant.

[11] Pásztor was the first person to represent Hungary at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) meetings,[12] and served as his country's delegate from 1959 to 1982.

From 1982 to 1994, he served in the dual role of being an IIHF executive council member, and as the chairman of the medical committee to oversee doping in sport.

[3][15] When the testing for doping in sport was first introduced, he thought that ice hockey would not be deeply affected, but later said that notion was a mistake.

[6] During his tenure with the IIHF, Pásztor had been involved in 45 Ice Hockey World Championships, and seven Winter Olympic Games.

He was interned by the Mátyás Rákosi regime as a "dangerous person who had left for the West", then served two years of forced labor, before completing his studies in 1948.

He enjoyed the annual OB I bajnokság championships, the MOL Liga finals, and the Hungarian Cup of hockey.

[9] She was born on his 35th birthday (2 March 1958),[21] and is a graduate of the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, a member of the Costume Designers Guild, and is associated with The Gersh Agency.

Outdoor ice rink in front a long ornate building
City Park Ice Rink and the Skating Hall
White-enamelled cross edged with green, showing a central circular medallion enamelled in red showing the coat of arms of Hungary, surrounded by a wreath of green enamel, suspended from a gold-plated chain
Hungarian Order of Merit