Sportsman of the year 1955 (Germany)
The best German athletes of 1955 were honored on December 11th in Ludwigsburg . The election was organized for the 9th time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). A total of 359 sports reporters and editors from all over Germany cast their votes. Each person entitled to vote was allowed to award 15 points (5 points for 1st place, 4 points for 2nd place, 3 points for 3rd place, 2 points for 4th place and 1 point for 5th place).
Show jumper Hans Günter Winkler was clearly “Sportsman of the Year”. Winkler turned down a special prize in the form of a motor scooter donated by Kreidler- Motoren-Werke, sponsors of the Ludwigsburg Riding Club, referring to the amateur status for participation in the 1956 Olympic Equestrian Games . Instead, it was given away to his teammate Inge Fellgiebel .
There was no separate evaluation of athletes, the best woman in the evaluation, roller skater Helene Kienzle , was named “Sportswoman of the Year”.
Sports philosopher Ernst Hornickel held the celebratory lecture on the topic: "Elite and mass, the two poles of modern sport".
Ranking list
| Athlete | sport | Points | Successes in 1955 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hans Günter Winkler | Show jumping | 1256 | World Champion |
| 2. | Gerhard Hecht | Boxing | 680 | German and European light heavyweight champions |
| 3. | Heinz Fütterer | athletics | 508 | German champion in the 100-meter run, runner-up in the 200-meter run; Indoor world record in the 60-meter run |
| 4th | Hermann Paul Muller | Motorsport | 357 | World champion in the 250 cm³ class |
| 5. | Helmut Bantz | do gymnastics | 201 | European champion on bars |
| 6th | Fritz Walter | Soccer | 190 | National team captain ; Runner-up with 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 7th | Edgar Basel | Boxing | 175 | European flyweight champion |
| 8th. |
Rudi Pensel Willi Pensel |
Bike ball | 165 | World champion and German champion in cycling ball |
| 9. | Helene Kienzle | Figure skating | 164 | German champion and world champion in roller figure skating |
| 10. | Christa Stubnick | athletics | 163 | German record in the 100-meter run with 11.6 seconds |
A total of 78 athletes were named.
literature
- Pforzheimer Newspaper . No. 286 . J. Esslinger GmbH & Co. KG, Pforzheim 1955.
- Reutlinger General-Anzeiger . No. 286 . Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlag, Reutlingen 1955.
- Swabian newspaper . No. 286 . Schwäbischer Verlag KG, Leutkirch 1955.