The Germany's Sports Hall of Fame () is the national sports

hall of fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, initiated 2006. The inductions are made by Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe,

Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund The German Olympic Sports Confederation (, DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded a ...

and Verband Deutscher Sportjournalisten.

Members

Uli Hoeneß Ulrich "Uli" Hoeneß (; born 5 January 1952) is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a forward. He played for the West Germany at one World Cup and two European Championships, winning one tournament of each ...

(

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) was introduced in 2009, but had to resign after he was sentenced to a imprisonment for tax evasion in 2014.

Controversy

Germany's Sports Hall of Fame caused a lot of criticism since five former Nazi Party members were included. It was even called a “Hall of Shame”. Nazi Party members include football manager

Sepp Herberger Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed '' The Mir ...

, Olympic riding champion Josef Neckermann, former

IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based in L ...

member Willi Daume, cyclist Gustav Kilian and middle distance runner

Rudolf Harbig Rudolf Waldemar Harbig (8 November 1913 – 5 March 1944) was a German athlete. As a middle distance runner he was best known for the 800 metres world record that he set in Milan in 1939. He also held the European record in the 400 metres from ...

.{{cite web, url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/hall-of-fame-sparks-controversy-germany-launches-valhalla-of-sporting-legends-a-551813.html , title= 'Hall of Fame' Sparks Controversy: Germany Launches Valhalla of Sporting Legends, publisher= Der Spiegel, date=6 May 2008 , language = , accessdate=12 July 2013 The Hall of Fame also includes two victims of the Nazis, cyclist Albert Richter who was murdered by

Gestapo The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated Gestapo (), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of F ...

in 1939 and wrestler

Werner Seelenbinder Werner Seelenbinder (2 August 1904 – 24 October 1944) was a German Communism, communist and amateur wrestling, wrestler. Early years Seelenbinder was born in Szczecin, Stettin, Province of Pomerania (1815–1945), Pomerania (modern-day Polan ...

who was executed in 1944.

References

External links

Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
(in German) All-sports halls of fame Sports museums in Germany Awards established in 2006 Halls of fame in Germany 2006 establishments in Germany