Ahmet Robenson

Ahmet Robenson
Personal information
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death 1 January 1968(1968-01-01) (aged 82)
Place of death United States
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1905–1915 Galatasaray SK

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Ahmet Robenson (1886–1968) was a Turkish physical education teacher in Galatasaray High School, who is known for his active role in the development of sports in Turkey.

Biography

He was born in Liverpool, lived most of his life in Istanbul and died in United States. Ahmet had two brothers, Yakup and Abdurrahman, who were also interested in sports, however they died in World War I.

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 Galatasaray football team, who won Istanbul League title in 1909.

He later became Galatasaray S.K. president in 1926 and Galatasaray won Istanbul League once again.

Scouting

The start of Scouting in Turkey is attributed to brothers Ahmet and Abdurrahman Robenson, who were sports teachers at the Galatasaray and Kabataş high schools in Istanbul in 1909,[1] 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.[2]

Honours

Galatasaray SK

See also

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ali Sami Yen		 President of Galatasaray SK
17 Jul 1925 – 5 Sep 1925 		Succeeded by
Ali Haydar Şekip

References

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  1. ↑ Rıza Bediz, "İzcilik ve İzci Kampları" (1955)
  2. ↑ B. Sami Karayel, "İzci Rehberi" (1914)
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