Bekir Sıtkı Bircan (1886 – 26 June 1967) was a Turkish
footballer
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, high school teacher and one of the
founders
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Places
*Founders Park, a stadium in South Carolina, formerly known as Carolina Stadium
* Founders Park, a waterside park in Islamorada, Florida
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Founders (''Star Trek''), the ali ...
of
Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club.
Honours
Galatasaray
*
Istanbul Football League
The Istanbul Football League ( tr, İstanbul Futbol Ligi) was founded as a regional football league under the name Constantinople Football Association League by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears in Istanbul, the capital of the former Ottoman Empi ...
:
1908–09,
1909–10,
1910–11
References
* Tekil, Süleyman. ''Galatasaray Tarihi, 1905–1985, page (16)''. İstanbul: Galatasaray Spor Kulübü, 1986.
Milliyet Newspaper Archive 27 June 1967
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1880s births
1967 deaths
Footballers from Istanbul
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Schoolteachers from Istanbul
Galatasaray High School alumni
Association football defenders
Turkish footballers