Ernst Huberty

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Ernst Huberty (born February 22, 1927 in Trier ; as Ernest Rodolphe Huberty) is a Luxembourgish sports journalist and television presenter . Huberty was the main presenter of the ARD sports show for a long time , which is why he was also called "Mister Sportschau". As a commentator, he was known for his aloof style.

Life

His father was from Luxembourg, he lived with his family in Trier and moved with them to Koblenz in 1932 . During the Second World War , Ernst Huberty was a flak helper. After the end of the war, he caught up with the Abitur. After studying philosophy and German at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and doing an internship at the Koblenzer Zeitung, he began his career in 1950 as a sports reporter for Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden . There he moderated a TV program with Sport on Monday until December 1956 .

In January 1957, Huberty moved to the WDR editorial team here and now , and from 1960 he was part of the sports department of WDR. Since it began on June 4, 1961, Huberty has hosted the ARD Sportschau, a sports program that is renowned in Germany and which he shaped with friendly objectivity and his special hairstyle (" folding parting ").

In January 1970 Huberty took over the management of the sports department (television) at WDR ("WDR-Sportchef"). In this role he invented the goal of the month in March 1971 , which was part of the program for the sports show. He had to give up his position as sports director in March 1982 because of a travel expense report with too high expenses; he was transferred to the 3rd program of the WDR . His successor was Heribert Faßbender .

In April 1991 he went as a commentator for the then still young pay-TV channel Premiere , in October 2002 he briefly helped out for a Bundesliga game on the Sat.1 sports program ran .

In the meantime, Huberty also worked as a moderator coach, initially at ZFP (ARD / ZDF training, later ARD-ZDF media academy), u. a. with Stefan Wachtel , as well as for private broadcasters (Premiere, SAT.1). He coached moderators such as Reinhold Beckmann , Johannes B. Kerner , Oliver Welke and Monica Lierhaus .

From 1960 to 1982, Huberty commented on many major sporting events as a live reporter, including the so-called “ Century Game ” Germany - Italy (June 17, 1970) in Mexico City (“ Schnellinger, of all things ”, “Müller ... Müller ... Müller ... goal! ”And“ If you've ever seen a real Müller goal, then now ”). He was a commentator on the live broadcast of the World Cup match between Germany and Poland on July 3, 1974, which went down in football history as the " Frankfurt Water Battle" due to heavy rainfall and a barely playable lawn, as well as what became known as the " Night of Belgrade " European Championship final of June 20, 1976. He also commented on June 23, 1973 the DFB Cup final between Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln , in which Günter Netzer substituted himself towards the end of the game and scored the winning goal.

In 1970 the single Juanito Mexico was released , which Huberty recorded with the Mexicanos .

Ernst Huberty is married for the second time and lives in Frechen near Cologne.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports show legend Huberty turns 90 , laudation on February 21, 2017 on spiegel.de
  2. ^ A b c d Mr. Sportschau Ernst Huberty: Always friendly, always informed , 11freunde.de
  3. ↑ a b c Mister Sportschau Ernst Huberty turns 85 In: Der Westen, February 21, 2012
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Maria Weber / Wolfgang Stemmler, 50 Years of German Television: A Review of Favorite Programs in West and East , 1999, p. 56
  5. ↑ Der Spiegel 28/1982 of July 12, 1982, Heribert Faßbender
  6. ↑ a b c Ernst Huberty with the film rolls on a motorcycle In: Rundschau Online, May 28, 2011
  7. ^ Notnagel: Ernst Huberty helps out with "ran" , message from October 17, 2002 on spiegel.de
  8. ↑ a b Jörg Heinrich: Huberty is 85! The most beautiful stories , tz, February 21, 2012
  9. ↑ discogs
personal data
SURNAME Huberty, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourgish sports journalist and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH trier