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In 1868, the Minister of Education layed down the basis of physical education in Hungary and in Cluj. Shortly after this, in1872 the first gym was erected in Cluj. The city council made a contract with the Sports and Fencing Association, who owned the gym, according to which the association would provide the local secondary schools with school sports teacher and gym. The most remarkable sports teacher was Károly Albert, also an outstanding athlete and cyclist. From 1896 the local schools began to hire sports teachers and started to build their own gyms. Illustrious sport teachers like Károly Albert, Gyula László, Sándor Varga and László Gerentsér taught in the schools of Cluj. The students from the local university had the opportunity to practice sports at the Athletic Club of Cluj and at the University Athletic Club of Cluj. István Somodi had won the Olympic silver medal as a sportsman of the University Athletic Club.

Keywords: physical education, sport teacher, Károly Albert, Gyula László, Sándor Varga, László Gerentsér, university sports life