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Karl Schelenz
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German sports teacher credited as the father of modern handball. On 29 October 1917 in Berlin he co-published, with Max Heiser and Erich Konigh, the first modern set of handball rules, an event treated as the birth date of the sport. He revised the rules again in 1919, under which the first international matches were later played. He is credited in particular with introducing the three step and dribble sequence that shaped the modern game. Schelenz was also a competitive athlete, ranking third in the long jump at the German national championships.
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RoleCo-author of the first modern handball rules (1917); credited as the father of modern handball 2 Cross-Tradition Connections
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Sport and Games Atlas: Handball, discussed there.
Sources
1. Schelenz, Carl (Deutsche Biographie)
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Neue Deutsche Biographie)
2. The Early Kings of Handball (European Handball Federation)
European Handball FederationThe Early Kings of HandballQuote, The Early Kings of Handball
One of Schelenz's major inputs was the three step and dibble sequence, one of the reasons he is coined the "father" of modern handball.
Wikipedia
WikipediaKarl Schelenz: 1917 handball rulesQuote, Karl Schelenz: 1917 handball rules
In 1917 he, Erich Konigh, and Max Heiser published the first modern set of rules for handball on 29 October in Berlin, which is seen as the date of birth of the sport.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.In Era: The Late Modern Period
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