Richard Stephanus
Richard Stephanus (born October 1, 1899 in Linden , † February 11, 1972 in Hanover ) was a German tennis player and a sponsor of tennis. From 1949 to 1951 he was President of the German Tennis Association .
Life
Stephanus attended the secondary school. After graduating from high school and studying law and economics, he took over his father's coal wholesale business.
Stephanus was already playing tournaments at the age of 13: even before the First World War he was a well-known mixed and doubles player on the tournament grounds in Europe. His greatest success was at the German tennis championships in 1924 when he reached the final against Hans Moldenhauer .
After the Second World War , Stephanus founded the Northwest German Tennis Committee with Gottfried von Cramm in 1947 . During this time, Stephanus was also active as a tennis player, winning the German senior championship and other titles in singles and mixed in 1948. When the German Tennis Association was re-established in 1949, he was elected President and remained in office until 1951. In 1957 he finally resigned from the federal management of the association. For his services, he was awarded the DTB's Golden Badge of Honor.
Stephen is buried in the Lindener Bergfriedhof .
literature
- Dirk Böttcher : Stephanus, (2) Richard In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 603.
- Toralf Blitzer: The presidents of the German Tennis Association. From: Deutscher Tennis Bund (Ed.): Tennis in Germany. From the beginning until 2002. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-10846-9 . P. 289
Web links
- President from 1902 until today. German Tennis Association, accessed January 30, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to DTB. The city lexicon of Hanover gives the following dates: * October 1, 1898; † October 1, 1989.
Carl August von der Meden | Emil Bartels | Gerhard Weber | Wilhelm Schomburgk | Erich Schönborn | Richard Stephanus | Max steel | Jost Henkel | Franz Helmis | Fritz Kütemeyer | Eduard H. Dörrenberg | Walther Rosenthal | Claus Stauder | Karl Weber | Georg Freiherr von Waldenfels | Karl-Georg Altenburg | Ulrich Klaus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephen, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tennis player, President of the German Tennis Association |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linden trees |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1972 |
| Place of death | Hanover |