Isaac Grossman ( August 18, 1892 , Odessa - August 9, 1977 ) - Odessa football fan , assistant lawyer and arbitrator, head of the bolt shop. In its popularity, it could be compared with Odessa footballers of its time.
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| Date of Birth | August 18, 1892 |
| Place of Birth | Odessa , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | August 9, 1977 (84 years old) |
| Citizenship |  the USSR |
| Occupation | arbitrator, assistant lawyer, head of the bolt shop, fan |
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Biography
Isaac’s father kept a store at Starokonny Bazaar , his mother was a housewife. The family lived on 127 Uspenskaya Street. Isaac Grossman did not finish his studies at the gymnasium, worked as an assistant lawyer, and sometimes served as an arbitrator. Later, before the start of World War II and after returning from evacuation (from the city of Frunze ), he was the head of the bolt shop.
In the 1930s, the emotional and cheerful Isaac Grossman gained immense popularity among Odessa football fans, nicknamed the “King of Fans”. His playful and well-aimed statements almost always attracted the attention of others. May 18, 1936 , at the grand opening of the "Stadium by the Sea" Isaac Grossman was not. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine Stanislav Kosior and the General Secretary of the LKSMU Sergey Andreev were present. However, the “King of fans”, as Grossman called it, could not come - the day before he was taken to the NKVD .
All the spectators watched Isaac Grossman, at a permanent place for him on the 38th platform of the Odessa stadium. He attended all the home games of Odessa "Chernomorets" and tried to ride with the team to all of its away matches. In 1967, when Grossman already lived on General Petrov Street, the stars of Odessa football gave him a ball with his autographs and the inscription: "To the oldest fan of Odessa football on the day of the 75th anniversary . " Currently (2014), this ball is stored in the Odessa World Club [1] .
He died on August 9, 1977 .
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Literature
- I. Grossman is mentioned in the story of Yuri Ovtin "The Ninth Wave of the Black Sea" [2] .
- I. Grossman is mentioned in the story of Major by Eduard Steingolts [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Odessa World News, 08/2010 . www.odessitclub.org (2010).
- ↑ Ninth rampart of the Chornomorets . www.proza.ru (2013).
- ↑ Majority unopened (inaccessible link) . www.lexicon555.com (July 2011). Archived June 3, 2012.