Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmet Robenson (born Peel Harold Robinson; 1889 – 1 January 1968) was a Turkish football player and physical education teacher at Galatasaray High School, who is known for his active role in the development of sports in Turkey.
![]() | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Kalimpong, British Raj[1] | ||
Date of death | 1 January 1968 79) | (aged||
Place of death | New York, United States | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905–1915 | Galatasaray SK | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He was born in Kalimpong, British Raj (modern day India). He lived most of his life in Istanbul and died in New York, United States. Ahmet had two brothers, Yakup and Abdurrahman, who were also interested in sports, however they were killed in action in World War I whilst fighting for the Ottomans against the British in the Sinai front.
After graduating from Galatasaray High School, Robenson was interested in new sports which were not recognized in his country at the time. He is known as being the first organizer of basketball, hockey, tennis, and Scouting activities in his time. He mostly introduced these new sports to his students in Galatasaray High School.
Robenson was also the goalkeeper of the Galatasaray football team, who won the Istanbul League title in 1909.
He later became Galatasaray S.K. president in 1926, and Galatasaray won the Istanbul League once again.
The start of Scouting in Turkey is attributed to brothers Ahmet and Abdurrahman Robenson, who were sports teachers at the Galatasaray and Istanbul high schools in Istanbul in 1912,[2] and to Nafi Arif Kansu and Ethem Nejat, with the first units organized at Darüşşafaka, Galatasaray, and İstanbul high schools, during the late Ottoman period.[3]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.