Ahmet Robenson

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.

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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Born in Kalimpong, British Raj (modern-day India), Robenson lived the majority of his life in Istanbul and died in New York, United States. His brothers, Yakup and Abdurrahman, 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 introduced these new sports to his students in Galatasaray High School.

Robenson also served the goalkeeper of the Galatasaray football team, and later became its president in 1926.

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

• Istanbul Football League: 1908–1909, 1909–1910, 1910–1911

See also

• List of one-club men
• List of Galatasaray S.K. presidents