Burkhard Wildermuth

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Burkhard Wildermuth (born January 20, 1928 in Berlin ; † February 28, 2012 in Thailand ) was a German basketball official . He was mainly connected with Tübingen , where he lived mainly, and with Heidelberg .

career

Wildermuth, great-grandson of the writer Ottilie Wildermuth and son of the politician Eberhard Wildermuth , became a member of SV 03 Tübingen in 1952 and founded the club's basketball department. After studying law, which he had completed with the dissertation The price comparison according to the comparison regulation of February 26, 1935 1956 at the University of Tübingen , he was a member of the USC Heidelberg . As a trainer he was in charge of USC Mainz, from 1965 to 1983 Wildermuth was game director of the basketball league , in an identical role he was also responsible for the operations of the South German youth championships. In 1972 the lawyer became the first president of the Baden-Württemberg Basketball Association (BBW) when it was founded on June 11th. He remained BBW chairman until 1984. At the end of his term of office, he was given the honorary presidency of the association.

At the German Basketball Association (DBB), Wildermuth was particularly committed to the benefit of the next generation, was DBB youth secretary and was a vice-president on the board. In 1994 he was made an honorary member of the German Basketball Federation. For more than 30 years he was co-organizer of the Albert Schweitzer tournament , since 2006 the most talented player of the tournament has been awarded the “Burkhard Wildermuth Prize”. He was also on numerous trips by German youth national teams as a delegation leader. As managing director from 1995 he was in charge of Basketball-Werbe-Agentur GmbH (BWA), the marketing company of the German Basketball Federation, and held this post until 2001.

In July 1983 Wildermuth, who in addition to his involvement in basketball for SOS Children's Villages in Sri Lanka , Thailand and the Philippines , was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In April 2014, the “Burkhard-Wildermuth-Camp” was held for the first time in Heidelberg as a viewing event for the German U15 national team.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Burkhard Wildermuth obituary notice (SZ-Gedenken.de). In: trauer.sueddeutsche.de. March 10, 2012, accessed December 13, 2018 .
  2. a b BBW Chronik - bbw_chronik.pdf. (PDF; 210 kB) In: bbwbasketball.net. November 2, 2013, accessed December 13, 2018 .
  3. a b Dr. Burkhard Wildermuth passed away / Dr. Burkhard Wildermuth passed away. German Basketball Association, accessed on December 13, 2018 .
  4. ^ DNB - Burkhard Wildermuth
  5. BBW Honor List. (PDF; 102 kB) In: bbwbasketball.net. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  6. Basketball: Albert Schweitzer Tournament: Burkhard Wildermuth Prize / Burkhard Wildermuth Prize. In: archiv.ast-basketball.de. April 5, 2012, accessed December 13, 2018 .
  7. Burkhard Wildermuth, Heidelberg - formerly managing director of BWA Basketball Werbe- und furnishing GmbH. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  8. 28 boys at the Burkhard Wildermuth Camp. In: BVRP. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .