Yosef Yekutieli
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Yosef Yekutieli, 1929
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| Native name | יוסף יקותיאלי |
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March 12, 1897 Kartuz-Bereza, Russian Empire |
| Died | September 25, 1982 (aged 85) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality |
 Israel
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| Occupation | Sports Promoter |
| Years active | 1918-1966 |
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| Spouse(s) | Yehudit Yekutieli |
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Yosef Yekutieli (sometimes Joseph Yekutieli; Hebrew: יוסף יקותיאלי; April 12, 1897 – September 25, 1982) was a prominent figure in Maccabi and an important figure in Israeli sport, founder of the Maccabiah, Israel Football Association, and the Israel Olympic Committee. Yekutieli was the 1979 Israel Prize recipient for his special contribution to society and the state in sports.
Yekutieli was born in Kartuz-Bereza in the Russian Empire (now in western Belarus) in 1897. In 1909, at the age of twelve, he immigrated to Ottoman Palestine with his family. He studied at the Tachkemoni Religious School in Tel Aviv and later at the David Yellin College of Education in Jerusalem. After completing his studies Yekutieli return to Jaffa working for the Eretz Yisrael Office, later playing football for the Maccabi Tel Aviv until the outbreak of World War I.
In 1914 Yekutieli was drafted to the Turkish army and was appointed physical education instructor at the Mujahideen headquarters and at the public school in Nablus. Yekutieli served as a Turkish-German interpreter at the German transport companies K.K. 502., until being exiled to Anatolia in 1918, along with all the other Jewish military members.
At the end of the war, Yekutieli returned to Jaffa working for the Eretz Yisrael Office at the Zionist Commission and Palestine Land Development Company. For two years he worked for the Israel Electric Corporation acquiring land rights for high-voltage power lines from Naharayim to Tel Aviv.
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