Английская Википедия:Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator)
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Herbert Zimmermann (29 November 1917 – 16 December 1966) was a popular German football commentator.
He did one of the most famous pieces of commentary in German during the World Cup final in 1954 by "recommending" the goal that won "The Miracle of Bern" for West Germany.
- Schäfer nach innen geflankt... Kopfball... Abgewehrt. Aus dem Hintergrund müßte Rahn schießen... Rahn schießt! Tor! Tor! Tor! Tor!
(silence)
Tor für Deutschland! Drei zu zwei führt Deutschland. Halten Sie mich für verrückt, halten Sie mich für übergeschnappt!
- Schäfer puts in the cross... header... Cleared. Rahn should shoot from deep... Rahn shoots! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal!
(Zimmermann fell silent for eight seconds before he spoke again)
Goal for Germany! Germany lead 3-2. Call me mad, call me crazy!"
At the end of the match, Zimmermann famously proclaimed, "It's over! Over! Over! Germany are the World Champions" - words which, as one historian has observed, are "as famous in Germany as Kenneth Wolstenholme's "They think it's all over" is in England" (the latter having been spoken in the final moments of England's victory against West Germany in the World Cup final of 1966).[Note 1] After the final Zimermann was criticized for praising the goal keeper Turek by calling him Toni du bist ein Teufelskerl, Toni du bist ein Fußballgott (Toni you are a devil chap. Toni you are a football god.). Zimmermann who had been a major during the war, was also criticized for the somewhat militaristic vocabulary he had used during the match.
Zimmermann also commented the world championships in 1958, 1962 and 1966 over the radio. However, TV was more prominent now as most people had access to TV sets, so fewer and fewer people heard his reports.
On 11 December 1966 Zimmermann, who was known as a notoriously bad driverШаблон:Citation needed, had an accident in his car and died from his injuries five days later.
Zimmermann was the uncle of the German Green Party politician Hans-Christian Ströbele. The family holds the rights to his reports which still generates revenue.
Awards
- Wound Badge in Silver (1942)
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 April 1945 as Hauptmann and chief of the 1/Panzer-Regiment 36Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
Further reading
(DE) Werner Raupp: Toni Turek – "Fußballgott". Eine Biographie, Hildesheim: Arete 2019 (Шаблон:ISBN), p.107–112, 124–128.
External links
- Шаблон:DNB portal
- audio excerpts of Zimmermann's radio commentary from 4 July 1954 (German Historical Museum)
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