Ahmet Robenson was a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 physical education teacher in Galatasaray High School, who is known for his active role in the development of sports in Turkey

Turkey

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Biography

He was born in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, lived most of his life in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 and died in United States

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. Ahmet had two brothers, Yakup and Abdurrahman, who were also interested in sports, however they died in World War I

World War I

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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

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, Hockey

Hockey

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, Tennis

Tennis

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 and Scouting

Scouting

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 activities in his time. He mostly introduced these new sports to his students in Galatasaray High School.

Robenson was also the goalkeeper of Galatasaray

Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...

 football team, who won Istanbul League title in 1909.

He later became Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...

 president in 1926 and Galatasaray won Istanbul League once again.

Honours

• Galatasaray SK
  Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
  Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....
  
  
  • Istanbul Football League
    Istanbul Football League
    Istanbul Lig or originally Constantinople Football Association League was founded by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears and started with the 1904-05 season with only four teams as "Istanbul Sunday League". The matches between the four teams, Moda FC, HMS Imogene FC, Elpis FC, and Cadi-Keuy FC were...
    
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    • 1908-1909
      1908–09 Istanbul Football League
      The 1908–09 İstanbul Football League season was the 5th season of the league. Galatasaray won the league for the first time.-Season:-Matches:Galatasaray - Cadi-Keuy FC: 4-0Galatasaray - HMS Imogene FC: 11-0-References:...
      
      , 1909–1910
      1909–10 Istanbul Football League
      The 1909–10 İstanbul Football League season was the 6th season of the league. Galatasaray won the league for the second time.-Season:-Matches:Galatasaray - Strugglers FC: 5-1Galatasaray - Strugglers FC: 4-1Galatasaray - Fenerbahçe SK: 3-0...
      
      , 1910–1911
      1910–11 Istanbul Football League
      The 1910–11 İstanbul Football League season was the 7th season of the league. Galatasaray won the league for the third time.-Season:-Matches:Galatasaray - Fenerbahçe SK: 5-0Galatasaray S.K...
      
      

See also

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