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kalmıştık. Celal’ le çayırda gü­
reşen Amerikalı (Wittenberg),
Muharrem’ i yenen tek güreş­
çi oldu.”
Kimi kaynaklarda Futbol Milli
Takımımızın 1948 Olimpiyatı
kadrosunda yer aldığı görülen
Halit Deringör bu çelişkiyi de
şöyle anlatıyor:
“1941’den beri milli takımın
sol açığında ya rahmetli Şükrü
Gülesin ya da ben oynuyor­
dum. Şükrü benden daha yapı­
lıydı. Olimpiyat için Milli Takım
aday kadrosuna alınmış, bir
ay İstanbul Caddebostan’daki
Marmara Yat Kulübü’nde kamp
yapmıştık. Olimpiyat kafilesine
adım bildirilmişti. Ancak son
anda, Ankaralıların oyunlarıy­
la, Vefalı Galip Haktanır’ la ben,
kadrodan çıkarıldık. Gerekçe
olarak, ‘Bir İngiliz takımıyla
İstanbul’da yaptığımız maç­
ta rakip takımın sağ bekini sa­
katlamamı, futbolcunun ha­
len hastanede yatmasının tat­
sız olaylara yol açabileceğini ’
gösterdiler. Yine o yılların ef­
sane Fenerbahçe’sini yaratan
Macar antrenör Ignar Molnar’ı
da Londra’ya götürmediler.
Takım Olimpiyata antrenör­
süz gitti. Kulübüm de bu işe
çok bozulmuştu. ‘Bu mesele
Fenerbahçe’nin onur meselesi­
dir. Seni biz Londra’ya gönde­
receğiz’ dediler. Futbol ayakka­
bılarımı yanıma almadan, ikin­
ci kafileyle güreşçilerle birlikte
Londra’ya gittim.”
Güreşler sırasında Yaşar Doğu,
Celal Atik ve Gazanfer Bilge’nin
üç minderde, göz göze gelerek
aynı anda rakiplerinin sırtlarını
mindere yapıştırmaları salonda
büyük tezahürata yol açıyordu.
1939 grekoromen Avrupa ikin-
cisi, 1940 Balkan grekoromen,
1946 serbest, 1947 grekoro-
men Avrupa şampiyonu efsane
güreşçimiz Yaşar Doğu, sırasıy-
la Hintli Bhangava’yı 2:58’de,
İranlı Abbas Zandi’yi 4:05’te,
Mısırlı Mustafa’yı 7:39’da,
Macar Kalman Sovari’yi 7:04’te
Then, Celal reversed the move
and gained the top position.
They quitted wrestling when
they saw Coach Nurettin
(Nurettin Boytorun) coming
along. They were both looking
at each other with admiration.
Since I knew English a little
I could understand what the
American said. He said, “Who
is this man, he has very strong
legs…” and Celal Atik said that
the guy would trash them if he
was a wrestler. While we were
watching the wrestling at the
Empress Hall, this time we
were flabbergasted when we
saw Muharrem Candaş’s op­
ponent. He was the American
guy (Wittenberg) who wres­
tled Celal Atik on the grass
pitch. He became the only
wrestler to beat Muharrem.”
Halit Deringör, who is cited to
be among the players of our
National Football Team in the
1948 Olympic Games accord-
ing to some sources, explains
this confusion as follows:
“Since 1941, either I or de­
ceased Şükrü Gülesin were
playing on the left wing of
our national team. Şükrü was
sturdier than I. We were in­
vited to the selections for the
National Team and stayed in
the Marmara Yacht Club in
Caddebostan, İstanbul for a
month of training. My name
was affirmed for the Olympic
team. However, at the last mo­
ment, Galip Haktanır from
Vefa Club and I were exclud­
ed from the team as a result of
some hoaxes played by some
guys from Ankara. They cited
my injuring the right back of
the opponent English team in
a match we played in İstanbul
and as the player was still in
hospital, this could lead to un­
desirable incidents to justi­
fy themselves. They did not
take Fenerbahçe’s Hungarian
coach Ignar Molnar, who had
Greco-Roman style, Celal Atik
ranked European third in 1947
and World second in 1950 in
this style. Atik served at var-
ious levels in our national
team until 1971 and died, due
to complications related to his
liver, in 1979.
Halit Deringör, who was once
one of the indispensable left
wingers of Turkish football to-
gether with Şükrü Gülesin,
says the following in his mem-
oirs about the 1948 Games:
“Muharrem Candaş, Yaşar
Doğu and Celal Atik were
bantering on the grass pitch.
A tall, handsome guy with a fit
body like Tarzan’s was watch­
ing them from the side. This
guy, who was an American
as we later found out, ac­
cepted our friends’ chal­
lenge for wrestling. He start­
ed wrestling with Celal Atik.
The American took Atik un­
der him with a startling move.
Celal Atik was astonished.
Ayşe Teoman Üner, Londra pistlerinde (en solda).
Ayşe Teoman Üner in London running tracks (on the very left).
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