“Sportschau” pioneer Ernst Huberty is dead. The former sports journalist and TV presenter died at the age of 96.
“Mr. Sportschau” Ernst Huberty is dead. The longtime moderator and commentator died on Monday at the age of 96.
“We sadly say goodbye to Ernst Huberty. As ‘Mr. Sportschau’, as the audience lovingly called him, he was the first moderator to have a decisive influence on this show: pleasantly calm and with great seriousness,” said WDR director Tom Buhrow. “Ernst Huberty will always be remembered not only as the presenter of the sports show, but also as a sports reporter legend.”
Huberty moderated the very first sports show
Huberty hosted the very first sports show on June 4, 1961. He will remain unforgotten as the commentator on the game of the century between Germany and Italy in the semifinals of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico (3:4 aet).
Huberty was born in Trier in 1927. After initially working as a sports reporter and presenter at Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden, he came to WDR in 1957, where he became a member of the editorial team for “Here and Today”.
Three years later he switched to the sports department, moderated the sports show from 1961 to 1982 and commented on live games. In 1970 he also took over the management of the sports department at WDR.
