Dan Georgiadis

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Yiannis "Dan" Georgiadis was a Greek athlete, footballer and football coach.

Georgiadis was born on the island of Ithaca in 1922. He studied in Bucharest, Romania, where he took up athletics, rugby, team handball and football. In 1947 he returned to Greece and joined Panathinaikos as a goalkeeper, however, his career was short-lived as an injury forced him to retire at age 26. Georgiadis then studied in various coaching schools and, after he received his diploma, went on to coach:

Georgiadis died in Athens on January 18, 1998.