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DEBRECEN STADIUM

Sajó was a keen sportsman: he fenced, played tennis

and did athletics. He became a member of the

Debrecen Gymnastics Club as a child, and as an adult

he was co-president of the Bocskai Football Club. It

is no coincidence, therefore, that he designed ‘the

world’s first earthen mound stadium’ for his native

city for free. It became a tradition that a match never

started until Sajó had taken his place in the grandstand.
On 11 March 1961 he was at a football match
10 match a moment of silence was held in tribute
when he suffered a fatal heart attack. At the next

to the memory of the sports-loving architect.

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