Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)
Apostolos Nikolaidis (Greek: Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης; 19 April 1896 – 15 October 1980) was a Greek athlete, football manager and businessman. He was a leading board member and president of Panathinaikos A.O.[1]
Life and career
He was born in
racing driver. He was a member of the Greek team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, both as a football player and as a track athlete.[2] He played football for more than ten years and contributed to all sports departments of PAO. He also became manager of the Greece national football team
.
In 1926–27 he was elected president of the
Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association (1945–67). Moreover, he was president of the Automobile and Touring Club of Greece. For many decades, he was a board member of Panathinaikos A.C.
and in 1974 he became president of the club. His contribution was significant to the transformation of Panathinaikos to a successful multi-sports club, apart from football.
From 1974 to 1976 he was also president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee. He was also a businessman and owner of Softex.
Upon his death, as an honour, his coffin was carried on the shoulders of eight athletes from different
home stadium of Panathinaikos at Alexandras Avenue was named after him in 1981, at a ceremony presided by the then Prime Minister Georgios Rallis
.
References
- ^ "Apostolos Nikolaidis". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Apostolos Nikolaidis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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