Werner Schilling (journalist)

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Werner Schilling (born November 23, 1931 in Chemnitz ; † December 31, 2017 in Nuremberg ) was a German sports journalist .

Life

Schilling, who was born in Chemnitz, had already written articles for the local Volksstimme when he was a schoolboy and after his escape in 1948 was only an employee of the Detmold Volks-Echo and from 1950 a freelancer for the Westfälische Zeitung in Bielefeld , when he had to represent the sports department's head of department who suddenly fell ill thus was pushed into a journalistic management position without any previous university education. This was followed by his first permanent position as a local journalist at the Münsterisches Tageblatt and, from 1953, a 13-year engagement at the Westfalen-Blatt in Bielefeld, where he first acted as deputy head and later head of the sports department. He traveled in these functions a. a. to the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964 .

In 1966 he moved to kicker in Nuremberg, where he reported as one of the chief editors, particularly in the field of youth football . From 1981 to 1986 he was responsible for the youth football team, in cooperation with the DFB he gave impulses a. a. for the introduction of the German Youth Championship and the Junior Cup .

During the three decades at kicker , from 1970 onwards he attended numerous soccer world championships as a reporter. Until a fall and subsequent home care, he lived in a row house in the southern Nuremberg district of Neukatzwang , where he was closely associated with the football department of TSV Katzwang for years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald Büttner: Obituary for Werner Schilling - veteran of the kicker. In: sportjournalist.de. January 11, 2018, accessed March 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Harald Büttner: Werner Schilling for his 85th birthday - maker with a weakness for youth football. In: sportjournalist.de. November 23, 2016, accessed March 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Between football legends and young talents. In: nordbayern.de. November 23, 2011, accessed March 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schilling, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2017
Place of death Nuremberg