Kurt Emmerich

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Kurt "Emme" Emmerich (born January 31, 1930 in Hamburg ; † February 3, 2006 there ) was a German sports reporter .

Life

From 1955 Emmerich worked as a freelance, from 1963 on as an editor and reporter for Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg. His first game that he was allowed to comment on was a game between the Harburger Turnerbund and FC St. Pauli . In 1993 he retired. After that he was press spokesman for Hamburger SV for three years .

Emmerich, who learned his journalistic tools from sports reporter Herbert Zimmermann , helped shape the then factual-oriented football Bundesliga coverage on Saturday afternoon on NDR 2 . He reported from major sporting events from around the world; his trademark was his voice. In 1982, "Emme" received the "Golden Microphone" from the television magazine " Hörzu " as the most popular radio reporter at the World Cup in Spain . On May 25, 1983 he was a reporter for the success of the outsider Hamburger SV in the final of the European Cup against the favored team from Juventus Turin (1-0), with Michel Platini , Zbigniew Boniek and six world champions from 1982, in the Olympic Stadium in Athens . He commented on Felix Magath's decisive goal in the 9th minute with "Goal, goal, a wonderful goal, a wonderful goal". He also commented on HSV's victory in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup against RSC Anderlecht in Amsterdam on May 18, 1977 . Besides football Emmerich enthusiastic for horse racing , especially the flat racing . He reported regularly from the derby week on the Hamburg-Horn racecourse .

Kurt Emmerich died in his hometown at the age of 76. As an expression of its respect, Hamburger SV competed with a black ribbon in the Bundesliga match against Arminia Bielefeld (2: 1) on February 4, 2006, one day after his death .

Seven years after his death on March 6, 2013, the Hamburg district of Wilhelmsburg of Kurt Emmerich Square, an approximately 140 m long access road to the swimming pool Island Park, inaugurated.

Audio samples

1967 - Bundesliga:

1983 - Hamburger SV versus Juventus Turin:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NDR mourns Kurt Emmerich ( Memento from February 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ CH: Sports reporter Kurt Emmerich has died. In: welt.de . dpa , February 4, 2006, accessed on May 12, 2019 .
  3. ^ NDR mourns Kurt Emmerich. In: presseportal.de. Norddeutscher Rundfunk , February 3, 2006, accessed on May 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ MLO: Hamburg gets a Kurt Emmerich Square. In: shz.de. Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag , March 6, 2013, accessed on May 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Emmerich, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emmerich, Emme (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports reporter and editor
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 2006
Place of death Hamburg