İlhan Cavcav
Ilhan Cavcav (October 4,1935 - January 22,2017) was a Turkish businessman. He served as the chairman of Genclerbirligi, a Football club in Turkey for almost 40 years until his death. He was born in Ankara.
He was known for his hard negotiation tactics with the big clubs in Turkey and searching for abilities especially for discovering talent from Africa.
Controversies
In November 2014 Cavcav announced that he would be fining bearded players, claiming that they were a bad influence for the youth. Cavcav said that he would fine players that kept their beards 25,000 Turkish Liras and also attacked UEFA for not banning beards in all of its completions.
Death
Cavcav was taken to hospital after falling and hitting his head, which caused a brain hemorrhage. He was kept in intensive care unit. One day later, on January 22,2017, he was pronounced dead.
Accomplishments
In 1978 Genclerbirligi S. K. had no training facilities and now the team has one of the largest youth programs in Turkey and of training facilities in Bestepe, Ankara (Bestepe Ilhan Cavcav Tesisleri) He is the longest serving professional football club chairman in Turkey (1978-2017).
References
Other websites
Genclerbirligi Fans and Statistics site
Genclerbirligi Fans and Comment site
1935 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage
Turkish businesspeople
People from Ankara
Deaths from head injury