Robert Fulda
{{Short description|Russian Football Coach}}
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| name = Robert Fulda
| image = Roman Fulda 1914.jpg
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| fullname = Robert Ferdinandovich Fulda
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|4|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|2|16|1873|4|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Lausanne, Switzerland
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| manageryears1 = 1914
| managerclubs1 = Russian Empire
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Robert Ferdinandovich Fulda ({{langx|ru|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 German merchants, who emigrated to Russia in the mid-19th century. Fulda graduated from the Moscow University as a lawyer, but was not interested in practicing his profession.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
As an athlete, he was mostly interested in tennis and football. Fulda was one of the pioneers of Russian football and the founder of Sokolniki Sports Club. In 1904, he translated the rules of association football and later organized the Moscow Football League.{{cn|date=May 2023}} At the 1912 Summer Olympics, he was the assistant coach of the Russian Empire national football team. In 1914, Fulda became the manager of the national team[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussr-intres1135.html Soviet Union - International Results 1911-1935 - Details] The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 June 2014. and was also elected as the chairman of the All-Russian Football Union.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
file:Rumpelmeyer and Goldschmidt in 1913.jpg
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.{{Cite web|title=Moscow Balloon Flight Record Rumpelmayer Goldschmidt Old Photos 21 March 1913 by ANONYMOUS: Photograph {{!}} Bits of Our Past Ltd|url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/photographs/Moscow-Balloon-Flight-Record-Rumpelmayer-Goldschmidt/22870064532/bd|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.abebooks.co.uk|language=en-GB}}
After the 1917 Russian Revolution, Fulda fled to Germany and later settled in Switzerland.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
References
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{{Russian Empire football squad 1912 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Sports coaches from Moscow
Category:People from the Russian Empire of German descent