Günter Erbach

Günter Erbach (born January 22, 1928 in Klempin ; † June 4, 2013 in Berlin ) was a German sports official in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He was State Secretary for Physical Culture and Sport, Rector of the German University of Physical Culture (DHfK) in Leipzig and from 1983 to 1990 President of the German Football Association (DFV) of the GDR. In 2000 he was sentenced to ten months suspended prison sentence in connection with systematic state doping in the GDR .

Life

Erbach, son of a worker who visited after the elementary school until 1945 a teacher training institute . In February 1945 he was drafted into the German Wehrmacht and fought as a sailor in World War II . After the end of the war, Erbach first worked as a farm worker and then as a teacher in the Stralsund district . Then he was head of the central sports school in Strausberg until 1955 . In 1946 he joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) after the forced unification of the SPD and KPD in April 1946 .

From 1946 to 1949 Erbach studied at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald and passed the state examination in education . After an aspirantur at the Humboldt University (HU) Berlin and DHfK in Leipzig, he received his doctorate in 1956 . From 1953 to 1956 Erbach was director of the central sports school in Strausberg , 1955/56 head of the science department in the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport . In 1956 he became a lecturer and in 1960 professor for theory and history of physical culture at the DHfK Leipzig, of which he was rector from 1956 to 1963.

In 1957/58 Erbach was also President of the Athletics Section , from 1957 to 1990 a member of the Federal Executive Committee and from 1957 to 1961 of the Presidium of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation (DTSB) of the GDR. 1957/58, from 1961 to 1964 and from 1967 to 1990 he was a full member of the National Olympic Committee (NOK) of the GDR . He was also a member of the Presidium from 1983 to 1990, Deputy Chairman from 1965 to 1974 and Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport from 1965 to 1974, and Chairman of its Scientific Council. From 1974 to December 1989 Erbach was Roland Weißig's successor , State Secretary for Physical Culture and Sport and again until 1990 Chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport.

From 1963 to 1990 Erbach was also a member of the Sports Sociology Commission , from 1973 to 1983 a member of the Executive Committee and since 1983 honorary member for life in the World Council for Physical Culture and Sport of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). From 1983 to 1990 he was, as the successor to Günter Schneider, president of the GDR football association DFV.

After the fall of the Wall and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , Erbach was the first deputy head of the GDR's Office for Youth and Sports from December 1989 to February 1990. He retired in May 1990.

In 2000 he was sentenced to ten months imprisonment on probation in connection with decades of systematic doping in the GDR for aiding and abetting bodily harm .

plant

Erbach is the author of various sports science publications. He was chairman of the editorial board of the series "Small Encyclopedia Body Culture and Sport", which appeared from 1960 in seven editions.

Honors

Philip-Noel-Baker Research Award from the IOC World Council for Sport and Physical Culture
After winning the gold medal at the football competition of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal by the GDR team, he was awarded the honorary title of hero of work .

literature

Volker Kluge and Olaf W. Reimann: Günter Erbach . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Günter Erbach in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

↑ Giselher Spitzer: The doping bosses of the GDR sport are spared . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 7, 2000.
↑ overoptimistic heritage In: Der Spiegel , issue 16/2013, Hamburg April 15, 2013.
↑ Günter Erbach, Günter Borrmann u. a .: Small encyclopedia of physical culture and sport published by the German University of Physical Culture , Leipzig 1962/63.
^ Verein Sport und Gesellschaft eV: International thanks for the GDR through the IOC , 2014.
↑ About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Honorary title "Hero of Work". In: New Germany . September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (online at ZEFYS - newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , free registration required).

personal data
SURNAME	Erbach, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sports official in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plumber
DATE OF DEATH	4th June 2013
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Giselher Spitzer: The doping bosses of the GDR sport are spared . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 7, 2000.

[2] overoptimistic heritage In: Der Spiegel , issue 16/2013, Hamburg April 15, 2013.

[3] Günter Erbach, Günter Borrmann u. a .: Small encyclopedia of physical culture and sport published by the German University of Physical Culture , Leipzig 1962/63.

[4] Verein Sport und Gesellschaft eV: International thanks for the GDR through the IOC , 2014.

[5] About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Honorary title "Hero of Work". In: New Germany . September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (online at ZEFYS - newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , free registration required).