Date of birth 1886 Years Team Name Ahmet Robenson | Place of death United States Position Goalkeeper Playing position | |
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Date of death 1 January 1968(1968-01-01) (aged 82) Died January 1, 1968, United States of America | ||
Place of birth Liverpool, England | ||
Ahmet Robenson (1886–1968) was a Turkish physical education teacher at Galatasaray High School, who is known for his active role in the development of sports in Turkey.
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Biography
He was born in Liverpool, lived most of his life in Istanbul and died in the 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, 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.