Bob Spaak

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Bob Spaak (1984)

Egbert "Bob" Spaak (* 1917 in Amsterdam ; † June 11, 2011 in Nieuw-Loosdrecht ) was a Dutch athlete and sports journalist .

Career

Spaak was successful as a track and field athlete in the 1930s. With the 4 x 100 meter relay of the Amsterdamse Atletiek Club (AAC), he was twice Dutch champion. His personal best was 10.8 seconds.

During the German occupation Spaak worked temporarily in an insurance office. After the war , Spaak began his journalistic career as an editor at Het Vrije Volk in Amsterdam. In 1955 he became a radio and television sports reporter at VARA , for which he moderated the radio programs Zondag Sportjournaal and Tussen Start en Finish and worked for the magazine Sport in Beeld . In 1965 he worked for a year at the soccer magazine Voetbal International and in 1966 took over the sports department of the NTS, the forerunner of the NOS . Under his direction, sport in Beeld became tooNTS Sport (from 1969 NOS Studio Sport ) further developed, which he also moderated on Sunday evening. Spaak was editor-in-chief, reporter and commentator for the largest Dutch sports program, which covered all major sporting events such as the Olympic Games .

Spaak also made a name for himself as a commentator on football matches. His most famous commentary on a game was the European Cup match between Feijenoord and Real Madrid in September 1965. After national player Coen Moulijn had been violently fouled - not necessarily everyday football at that time - Moulijn and his teammates went after his opponent Vicente Miera . The game threatened to get out of hand within seconds. Spaak commented: “Coen, Coen, please control yourself! Children, children, that can't be what a horrible spectacle! "

Spaak retired in 1982.

Publications

  • Sport voor Sport , Geïllustreerde Salamander Querido, Amsterdam 1958
  • Goden in het stadion , Salamander, Amsterdam 1964
  • Schaatskampioenschappen 68. Logboek van Bob Spaak voor Oslo, Grenoble en Gothenburg , Albert Heijn, 1968
  • Johan Derksen, Bob Spaak et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905-1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short portrait of the author at wielersportboeken.nl
  2. ^ Bob Spaak overleden , obituary at De Telegraaf -Telesport dated June 12, 2011
  3. ↑ Mik Schots, Coen Moulijn (1937) - De trappelende dribbelar , in: Mik Schots & Jan Luitzen, Tovenaars in Oranje . AW Bruna, Utrecht 2004, ISBN 90-229-8813-9 , p. 59
  4. ^ "Coen, Coen, beheers ever asjeblieft. Jongens, jongens, dit kan toch niet. Wat een afschuwelijke vertoning. ”, Quoted from Oud sports journalist Bob Spaak overleden , NRC Handelsblad from June 12, 2011, with a video recording of the incident
personal data
SURNAME Spaak, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spaak, Egbert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch sports journalist and athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 2011
Place of death Nieuw-Loosdrecht