Jo Viellvoye
Jo Viellvoye (born March 21, 1934 - † February 10, 2016 ) was a German sports journalist .
Life
Viellvoye came from the Aachen area and began his journalistic career as a volunteer with Aachener Nachrichten . In this role he was an eyewitness to the miracle of Bern at the 1954 World Cup . In the 1960s he worked as a sports reporter for the Bild newspaper in Essen before moving to Munich to write for the sports magazine . After Hubert Burda took over the magazine in 1971, Viellvoye stayed with the editorial team as chief reporter until his resignation in the spring of 1973.
After gaining initial experience as an author in 1966 with a book about Borussia Dortmund , Viellvoye published several sports books on the subjects of football and the Olympic Games in the following years. In 1984 he was hired by Stern and later he was hired by Sports .
Viellvoye had a son and a daughter and last lived in a wheelchair in Ottobrunn after suffering a stroke in 1996 . He died in 2016 at the age of 81 and was buried in the local cemetery.
Works
- Borussia Dortmund - The story of a great team , Copress-Verlag Hermann Hess, Munich, 1966.
- Mexico 70: Everything about the World Cup , Lingen-Verlag, Cologne, 1970.
- with Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Martin Furgler : The golden days Innsbruck '76 - XII. Olympic Winter Games in color , Pamir-Verlag, Bern, 1976.
- with Josef Göhler : Eberhard Gienger - Das Abenteuer der Turnkunst , Badenia-Verlag, Karlsruhe, 1978.
- Victory in Rome , Pamir-Verlag, Munich, 1980.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jo Viellvoye in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Bizer: Obituary for Jo Viellvoye , accessed on January 1, 2019
- ↑ PUBLISHERS got bad , Der Spiegel 49/1973
- ↑ displaying Jo Viellvoye , accessed on January 1, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viellvoye, Jo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1934 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2016 |