Robert Fulda
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Ferdinandovich Fulda | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1873 | ||
Place of birth | Moscow, Russian Empire | ||
Date of death | 16 February 1944 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Lausanne, Switzerland | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1914 | Russian Empire |
Robert Ferdinandovich Fulda (Russian: Роман Фёдорович Фульда; 18 April 1873 – 16 February 1944), was a Russian sports and flight enthusiast who is considered as the "pioneer of Russian sport".
Life
Fulda was born into a family of
Moscow University as a lawyer, but was not interested in practicing his profession.[citation needed
]
As an athlete, he was mostly interested in
All-Russian Football Union.[citation needed
]
Fulda was also interested in flight. He was the President of Sports Club of the Moscow Imperial Aeronautics Society and Stephan Ivanovitch Osoviecki was vice-President. In 1913 they arranged a reception for the French aeronauts, Rumpelmayer and Marie Goldschmidt who had travelled over 2,400 km by balloon from Paris.[2]
After the 1917 Russian Revolution, Fulda fled to Germany and later settled in Switzerland.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Soviet Union - International Results 1911-1935 - Details The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Moscow Balloon Flight Record Rumpelmayer Goldschmidt Old Photos 21 March 1913 by ANONYMOUS: Photograph | Bits of Our Past Ltd". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-05.