Kálmán Bartalis

Kálmán Bartalis was a Hungarian polo player and army captain, born on 16 May 1899 in Szamosjvár, now Gherla in Romania, who died on 21 March 1982 in Petrpolis, Brazil. He took part in the polo tournament of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where the Hungarian team finished fourth. He played in just one of Hungary's three matches there, at number three in the opening 8-8 draw with Germany. Olympedia adds that his main polo honour was the 1934 King's Cup, won when Hungary beat France in the final in Rome, alongside Imre Szentpály. His career belongs to the group of central European cavalry officers who took up polo between the wars and carried the sport into international competition.