Dick Uyvari

Since 1979, Dick Uyvari has been a prominent figure in Chicago’s LGBT sports community, holding leadership roles in various bowling leagues, including the Lincoln Park Lagooners and the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association. His service on these boards, particularly from 1985 to 1991, helped the sports association become the largest LGBT organization in Chicago. He co-directed the IGBO 83 CHICAGO tournament in 1983, attracting 576 bowlers, and founded the Chicago Pride Invitational in 1988, while also co-chairing Strike Against AIDS, raising about $500,000 for AIDS-related causes.

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Uyvari has participated in over 200 LGBT tournaments and is one of only two people to have bowled in all 26 IGBO annual tournaments. He has competed in six of the seven Gay Games, winning multiple medals as team captain. In 1985, he co-chaired Team Chicago before Gay Games II and later co-directed the bowling event for Gay Games VII in 2006, successfully organizing an event for nearly 600 bowlers.

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Dick was an individual inductee of the 2006 Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame.