Kajetán Banovits

Kajetán Banovits de Sopronszentmárton (10 August 1841 – 7 December 1915) was a Hungarian engineer and sports leader who served as the third president of the Hungarian Football Federation from 1903 to 1906. He also played a fundamental role in the creation of the Hungarian Technical and Transportation Museum, which he directed from its foundation in 1898 until he died in 1915.

Early life and education Kajetán Banovits was born in Mátyócvajkóc on 10 August 1841, as the son of Emánuel Banovits and Rozália Berzeviczy, a poor noble family.

He completed his secondary school in Ungvár before enrolling at the Faculty of Railway Construction Engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, where he earned a railway engineering degree in 1863. At the time, Banovits had mainly distinguished himself with his practical work, but thanks to his managerial appointments, he also developed his theoretical knowledge and organizational skills, which he ended up applying at the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV), being credited with organizing the MÁV workshop and towing service. He held this position for three years, until 1906, when he replaced by Béla Kárpáti.

Death Banovits married twice, first with Lujza Kaiser, with whom he had two children, Lívia and Alice; and then married Banovits Ágnes, with whom he had a further two children, Emil and Róza.

Banovits died in Budapest on 7 December 1915, at the age of 74.