Lajos Balogh

Outside sports Balogh graduated from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1931, subsequently he worked for Óbuda Bridge Engineering Company and Budapest Electronic Works. In 1946 he was promoted to Deputy Head of the Energy Policy Division of Ministry of Industry, however, a year later he was arrested by the Communists with the fabricated charge of conspiration against the state. He was eventually released and worked as engineer first for Ganz Electric Works (1948–1949), then for the Metalworkers' Union of Budapest and later for the Gheorghiu Dej Shipbuilding Company (1951–1956). After 1956 he became a docent at the Faculty of Athletics of the University of Physical Education, a position he held until 1963.

As an architect he planned and constructed sports facilities. Among his notable works are the stadium of Pécsi VSK, the training fields of the Népstadion and the facilities of Vasas SC and Budapest Honvéd SE. He also contributed to the rebuilding and expansion of the sports center of MTK Budapest and Újpesti TE.

Personal life Balogh married to Anna Kael, a fellow sportswoman and silver medalist of World Gymnastics Championships in 1934. Their daughter, Anikó Balogh, became an athlete and competed in the javelin throw. Their grandsons, Attila Petőváry and Zsolt Petőváry are former Hungarian international water polo players.