Earle F. Zeigler

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Earle Frederick Zeigler (born August 20, 1919 in New York City , † September 29, 2018 in Richmond , British Columbia ), US American and Canadian citizen, was one of the founders of modern American sports science . He was active in sports and sports science for over 75 years and was successful in swimming , wrestling , American football and table tennis .

Life

After high school, he received his bachelor's degree with German as a major from the prestigious Bates College in Lewiston , Maine at the age of 21 . From 1941-43 he worked as the swim coach and water sports director of the YMCA in Bridgeport , Connecticut . From 1943 to 1949 he worked for Yale University , where he also got his MA in German and finally a PhD in education . Here he taught physical education theory and trained football and wrestling. In parallel, he taught German at the University of Connecticut and from 1949 at theUniversity of Western Ontario in London (Ontario) Here he became the director of the institute for physical exercise in 1950 and also coached the teams in football, wrestling and swimming. From here he moved as director of the Institute for Physical Education of the University of Michigan (1956–1963), the University of Illinois , Champaign , IL (1963–1971) and as the founding dean of the sports faculty of the University of Western Ontario (1971–1989).

Since his retirement he has continued to publish as a generalist in the various fields of sports science ( sports history , sports philosophy , sports management , sports education , comparative physical exercise). The WorldCat has also published 269 books from him, he has nearly 500 scientific articles. In the last few years he was above all a warning against the arbitrariness in sports education, which dissolves into its components and is not able to deal with the questions of the present day in a closed manner. In his retirement he lived in British Columbia . Zeigler was one of the few American sports scientists who also took up German-language literature and made it accessible to the American public thanks to his good knowledge of German.

Awards and offices

  • 1955–1956 Vice-President, Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
  • 1966 elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology
  • 1974–1975 President, Philosophic Society for the Study of Sport (today International Association for Sport Philosophy)
  • 1975 Dr. hc University of Windsor , Canada
  • 1977 Alliance Scholar-of-the-Year (AAHPERD)
  • 1981–1982 President Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology
  • 1983–1985 Vice-President for Communications, Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
  • 1988 Start of the annual Earle Zeigler Lecture North American Society for Sport Management
  • 1986 Honorary Past President, American Society for Sport Management
  • 1988 Distinguished Service Award, International Society for Comparative Physical Education and Sport
  • 1989 NAK North Hetherington Award Recipients
  • 1990 AAHPERD Gulick Medal
  • 1991 Start of the annual international Earle Zeigler Honorary Lecture at Western Ontario University
  • 1997 Dr. hc University of Lethbridge
  • 2006 Dr. hc University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In Memoriam: Celebrating the legacy of Earle Zeigler. Western University, October 4, 2018, accessed October 6, 2018 .
  2. ^ Earle F. Zeigler: Bye, Bye America. I've found a better home. Fideli Publishing, Martinsville, IN 2013.
  3. ↑ Earle Zeigler: Going out a "winner" and a "loser". Fideli Publishing, Martinsville, IN 2013.
  4. ^ Earle F. Zeigler: American crisis in physical activity education: confusing winning at sport with total fitness. Trafford Publ., Victoria, BC 2010, ISBN 978-1-4269-2546-7 .
  5. ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. In: competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50
personal data
SURNAME Zeigler, Earle F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeigler, Earle Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American and Canadian sports historian, sports scientist, sports philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 29th September 2018
Place of death Richmond, British Columbia