Eerke U. Hamer

Eerke Ubbo Hamer (born April 21, 1937 in Mettmann ; † April 28, 2011 in Bafra , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ) was a German theologian and sports historian .

Life

After graduating from high school in Duisburg in 1957, he studied Protestant theology at Bethel and the universities in Tübingen , Heidelberg , Hamburg and Mainz , where he passed his first theological exam in 1964. After the vicariate in Traben-Trarbach and the second exam he became a scientist. Employed at the Carl Diem Institute in Cologne and wrote the first biography of Willibald Gebhardt here . From Cologne he went to Hamburg, where he worked on the one hand as a research assistant at the university and on the other hand studied sports science and completed his state examination with Konrad Paschen in religious education and sports. Now he worked as a teacher in Lüneburg and began with Arnd Krüger with his doctoral degree in sports history at the University of Göttingen. He then became a research assistant at the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History and worked on the history of skiing in the Harz Mountains . Hamer is considered an expert in the history of sports in the late 19th century. He died in a swimming accident in Northern Cyprus.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eerke U. Hamer: Willibald Gebhardt (1861–1921) . Cologne: Barz & Beienburg 1971.
2. ↑ Diss .: The beginnings of the ' game movement ' in Germany . (= Articles and sources on sport and society; Volume 3). ISBN 9780902175488 , Arena Publications, London 1989, 841 pages; further reviewers Hans-Georg Herrlitz and Hartmut Titze.
3. ↑ Eerke U. Hamer: Arthur Ulrichs or the discovery of sporty winter freshness in the Harz . Hoya: NISH 1998; ISBN 3-932423-03-8 .
4. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Obituary: Dr. Eerke Ubbo Hamer. Yearbook of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History. 2011/12. Hanover: NISH 2012, pp. 33-36.