What is Ali Sami Yen?
[[File:Ali Sami Yen (portrait).jpg|thumb|right|Ali Sami Yen]] '''Ali Sami Yen''' (20 May 1888 &ndash; 29 July 1951) was a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[association football|football]] player, coach and manager. He was the founder and first president of [[Galatasaray S.K.]] When he was a student at [[Galatasaray High School]], he and his colleagues decided to start a football club. On October 1905, they started Galatasaray S.K. and he became founding member number 1.<ref>http://galatasaray.org/s/galatasaray-nasil-kuruldu/13</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yen, Ali Sami}} [[Category:1888 births]] [[Category:1951 deaths]] [[Category:Turkish footballers]] [[Category:Turkish football managers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Istanbul]] [[Category:Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers]]