Gyula Mándi, also referred to as Mándi Gyula or Julius Mandel (14 July 1899 – 26 November 1969) was a Hungarian Olympic national team (for whom he played 32 matches) and club footballer (with whom he won 10 league titles), who played as a defender and fullback/[1][2][3] He was also a manager of club and national teams.

[9] He played alongside the likes of Franz Platko, Béla Guttmann, Gusztáv Sebes, Jenő Kálmár, Imre Schlosser, Iuliu Baratky and Ferenc Sas.

The professionalisation of the game in Hungary weakened MTK's absolute dominance, but they remained amongst the leading sides.

After missing out on further nominations for a two years, he returned once more to the Hungarian side for a World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria in 1934.

[7][9] Mandi survived the Holocaust during the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II with the assistance of his Christian brother-in-law, György Szomolányi.

[1] Szomolányi was the managing director of a paper mill that had been converted to produce wooden stocks for rifles to support the Nazi war effort.

[1] He donned his World War I officer’s uniform, strode into the camp, and demanded that he be given five men for an essential task.

[1] After retiring as a player, Mándi became a coach and was the manager of the Hungary national football team during the era of the Mighty Magyars.