Gerd Krämer (sports journalist)
Gerd Krämer (born November 19, 1920 in Stuttgart ; † November 7, 2010 there ) was a German sports journalist.
Life
Krämer attended the Reform Realgymnasium Stuttgart, where he passed the Abitur . After working and military service as well as being a prisoner of war in the UK, he began his career at Radio Stuttgart, the forerunner of the SDR . It broadcast the hope speech of the then American Foreign Minister James F. Byrnes on September 6, 1946. Before that, in 1945 he had broadcast the first live broadcast of a football match between VfB Stuttgart and Fürth on the radio after the war .
In 1950 he was a radio reporter for the boxing match between Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles . From 1963 he was a presenter at ZDF , where he was one of the first presenters of the program Current Sports Studio and broadcast reports for the Sport-Spiegel . He also reported on the Olympic Games, World and European Championships.
Publications
- In the dress of the eleven best. History and stories of the German national soccer team. Bassermann, Munich 1961.
- Fame knows no mercy. Novel. Pabel, Rastatt / Baden 1961.
- On days when it was the final. 60 years of the German football championship. Limpert, Frankfurt a. M. 1963.
- [Introduction in:] Oskar Wark : The foals 11. Borussia Mönchengladbach, German champion 1970. Osang-Verlag, Bad Honnef, 1970.
- How far is Olympia from us. Fromm, Osnabrück 1971.
- [Reproduction of original reports] on: World Cup memories. 1954-1970. Highlights of the soccer world championships. Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, [Ludwigshafen] 1974.
Web links
- An obituary for Gerd Krämer on Verein Sportpresse Württemberg eV online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who. XII. Edition of Degeners who is it ?, Berlin 1955, p. 635.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kramer, Gerd |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2010 |
Place of death | Stuttgart |