Ahmet Robenson

Ahmet Robenson (born Peel Harold Robinson) (1889 - 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.

Ahmet Robenson
Personal information
Date of birth 1889
Place of birth Kalimpong, British Raj[1]
Date of death 1 January 1968(1968-01-01) (aged 79)
Place of death New York, United States
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1915 Galatasaray SK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

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 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 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.

Scouting

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]

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
  1. Gareth Winrow (10 February 2020). "Did You Know? … This Ground-Breaking Turkish Sportsman lived in Tarrytown". Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via River Journal.
  2. Rıza Bediz, "İzcilik ve İzci Kampları" (1955)
  3. B. Sami Karayel, "İzci Rehberi" (1914)
  • Tekil, S. (1986). History of Galatasaray, 1905–1985, page (24). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. OCLC 25025508
  • Tekil, S. (1983). Galatasaray 1905–1982: Memories, page (303). Arset Matbaacılık Koll. Şti. OCLC 62614035
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