Wolfram Esser

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Wolfram Esser (born January 8, 1934 in Düsseldorf , † June 18, 1993 in Taunusstein ) was a German journalist and presenter .

Life

After graduating from high school , Esser did internships at various daily newspapers before he was accepted into the sports department of the Hamburger Morgenpost in 1955 . In 1957 he moved to the Westdeutsche Allgemeine , four years later to the Duisburger Generalanzeiger .

In 1963, Esser shifted his professional focus to television journalism and took a position as editor at ZDF . In 1974 he became deputy head of the sports information department .

In the same year he worked as a reporter for the soccer World Cup in Germany . Among other things, he commented on the German team's 4-2 victory over Sweden in the second round.

In 1979 he was appointed editor-in-chief of Sport am Freitag and was director of the current sports studio from 1984 to 1988 . In addition to his own reports, he quickly became the moderator of numerous programs for the main sports department of ZDF such as B. the youth program Pfiff . He became known to a wide audience primarily through his moderation of the ZDF sports report. From 1989 onwards, Esser was also deputy head of the main sports department. In October 1992, Esser had to end his work in the sports department prematurely for health reasons.

Wolfram Esser died of cancer on June 18, 1993 in Taunusstein .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d ZDF-Sport without Wolfram Esser , taz.de, June 22, 1993
  2. World Cup 1974: Spectacle against Sweden , dfb.de , April 12, 2018
  3. "Esser was last seen on the screen in October of last year." Wolfram Esser dies: Man of the first hour and the compromise , FAZ, June 19, 1993