Gerevich Trophy

 Somewhere in February I had only this hazy, low-quality picture of a beautiful silver cup.

The Gerevich Trophy (1987)

 Several months later an article in a Hungarian online newspaper had helped me to track down the granddaughter of Aladár Gerevich, Sr. (1879-1947), who allowed me to copy the following nice pictures of the gorgeous trophy.

 After that it was really easy to find this article in American Fencing (1987/3) about the origin of the trophy: 

„The Gerevich Trophy 

 The GEREVICH TROPHY is donated by Dr. Oszwald Tapolcsznyi [1] an alumnus of the Cleveland State University of Cleveland, in memory of his fencing coach, Maestro Aladar Gerevich, Sr. of Hungary. Maestro Gerevich was the father and coach of his son, Aladar Gerevich, Jr. the all time best Hungarian Sabre fencer, winner of 7 Olympic gold medals. (1 individual, and 6 teams). 

 The Trophy is being inaugurated at the Sabre Event of the #3 North American Circuit Event in Cleveland, March 1, 1987. This is part of the North Coast Challenge hosted by the Northern Ohio Division of The United States Fencing Association. The Trophy is to be maintained for 7 years, after which time it will be retired and placed on permanent display at the Cleveland State University. It will then be maintained by the Cleveland State University Sports Alumni Association and the CSU Fencing Coach.” (Page 22) 

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1. Dr. vitéz Tapocsányi Oszvald (1918-1998) egy clevelandi temetőben nyugszik (West Park Cemetery). 1952-ben érkezhetett az USA-ba. A szülei is abban a temetőben lettek eltemetve. Oszvald Gabor Tapolcsanyi néven lett amerikai állampolgár. Miskolcon született 1918. március 8-án.