Günther Isenbügel

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Günther Isenbügel (born October 13, 1922 , † September 5, 1996 in Inzell ) was a German sports reporter and motor sportsman.

Life

Günther Isenbügel, who worked for Norddeutscher Rundfunk ( NDR ), was one of the most popular sports and radio reporters of the 1950s and 1960s. His passion was mainly motor sports , cycling and winter sports such as ice hockey , figure skating and bobsleigh . Since 1952 he has reported regularly from the Olympic Games . He took part in the Tour de France 32 times .

Isenbügel was also active and successful as a rally driver himself ; In 1962, for example, he clinched class victory as a privateer at the Monte Carlo Rally . Together with Helmut Rathjen he founded the Scuderia Hanseat in 1958 and organized together with Rathjen from 21. – 24. April 1958 the first sports driver course (safety training) on ​​the Nürburgring . In 1956 he took part in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring with a Ford Thunderbird, but had an engine failure; Rathjen was the second driver.

literature

  • Klaus Buhlamnn: The World Rally Championship. Drivers, Cars and Teams of the Wild Troop, Motorbuch Verlag, January 2004, ISBN 978-3613024151

Web links

  • www.scuderia-hanseat.de/fileadmin/presse/19880400_motor-klassik.pdf

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monte Carlo Rally 1962
personal data
SURNAME Isenbügel, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports reporter and motor sportsman
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1922
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1996
Place of death Inzell