Lothar Buttkus
Lothar Buttkus (born March 28, 1947 in Neustadt in Holstein ; † August 9, 2018 in Bielefeld ) was a German stadium announcer and DJ .
After dropping out of design studies and a first job as a disc jockey in Cologne , Buttkus was Bielefeld's first disc jockey in 1971 in the Dixi discotheque on Obernstrasse . At that time he was already connected as a fan with Arminia Bielefeld . In 1983 he took over the position of stadium announcer from Albrecht Lämmchen at the Bielefelder Alm and held this position for over 35 years until his death in August 2018. Buttkus also acted as spokesman for Arminia's U23 team in the Rußheide stadium from 2004 until it was dissolved at the end of the 2017/18 season .
Web links
- Arminia mourns Lothar Buttkus. Obituary on the homepage of Arminia Bielefeld on August 9, 2018
- Patrick Albrecht, Ingo Kalischek: Arminia's stadium announcer Lothar Buttkus has died. Obituary on the homepage of the Neue Westfälische on August 9, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Second division team mourns deceased stadium announcer - fan disturbs funeral speech before the game. In: tz from August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buttkus, Lothar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stadium announcer and DJ |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustadt in Holstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 2018 |
| Place of death | Bielefeld |