All Obituary articles – Page 5
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Bob Carr, a highly respected American journalist who we knew...
Bob Carr, a highly respected American journalist who we knew well, died on Sept. 28 of a heart attack at the age of 72, after many years of valiantly fighting against a series of health challenges. He became the editor of Sporting Goods Business when the U.S. magazine was founded ...
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Franz Völkl, former chief executive of the famous ski brand...
Franz Völkl, former chief executive of the famous ski brand and inventor of carbon technology for skis, passed away at the age of 87. The Völkl company, one of the pioneers of modern skis, was founded by Franz Völkl's grandfather in 1895. He assumed the management in 1952, succeeding his ...
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Stephanie L. Kwolek, the DuPont chemist who invented Kevlar, died...
Stephanie L. Kwolek, the DuPont chemist who invented Kevlar, died after a brief illness on June 18. She was 90. Initially, she wanted to be a fashion designer. The light, sturdy and flexible material that she developed from a liquid crystalline solution in 1965, when she was 42, is now ...
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Jacques Altimani, a highly energetic and well respected executive who...
Jacques Altimani, a highly energetic and well respected executive who led Head-Tyrolia in France for many years, passed away a few days ago, after a long illness. He was 69 years old. After acting as French distributor for Moncler and Ramy's ski bindings, Altimani set up Head's French operation in ...
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Günter Brendle, a former president of Puma's executive board, passed...
Günter Brendle, a former president of Puma's executive board, passed away at the age of 70 on March 27. He joined the Cat in the early 1980s as sales director. He expanded the company's international activities, especially in Asia, and helped the late Rudolf Dassler to organize Puma's initial public ...
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Hobie Alter, also known as the Henry Ford of the...
Hobie Alter, also known as the Henry Ford of the surfboard industry, died on March 29 at his home in Palm Desert, California at the age of 80. A surfer himself, he started out crafting handmade 9-foot balsa wood surfboards for his friends in the garage of his family's summer ...
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An emblematic personality in the Swedish outdoor industry, Åke Nordin,...
An emblematic personality in the Swedish outdoor industry, Åke Nordin, has passed away at the age of 77. He was the hard-headed Swedish entrepreneur who built his own backpack at 14 and founded Fjällräven in Örnsköldsvik in 1960. The company subsequently diversified its range and bought other outdor companies to ...
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Peter Wahle, who acted as chief executive of Sport Eybl...
Peter Wahle, who acted as chief executive of Sport Eybl & Sports Experts from 2007 to 2012, died a few days ago of a heart attack. He was 53 years old. Wahle ran Austria's biggest sporting goods retailer after occupying executive positions at two major mail order catalog houses, Quelle ...
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Sport Partner from the Netherlands has reported the death of...
Sport Partner from the Netherlands has reported the death of Albertus Cornelis Johannes at the age of 78. Commonly known as “Ab” van Bergen, he ran his eponymous distribution company, specializing in camping and winter sports. He worked as a buyer for the former Golden Team cooperative of retailers, and ...
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We have learnt that Marianne Hoffmann passed away at the...
We have learnt that Marianne Hoffmann passed away at the age of 93 on Aug. 15. As the sister of the late Käthe Dassler, she was the sister-in-law of Adi Dassler, the late founder of Adidas. She founded her own sporting goods store together with her husband, Hans, in Herzogenaurach ...
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Anton “Toni” Arnsteiner, the Austrian who launched the Blizzard brand...
Anton “Toni” Arnsteiner, the Austrian who launched the Blizzard brand in 1953, has passed away in Mittersill, where his company has been located from the start. He was 88 years old. He started making skis at his parents' table factory soon after coming back wounded from the war in 1945. ...
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Richard (Dick) Kazmaier died of a heart and lung disease...
Richard (Dick) Kazmaier died of a heart and lung disease in Boston on Aug. 1. He was 82 years old. The former college football champion formed, in 1975, Kazmaier Associates, a company that acted as a distributor for Puma in the U.S. for many years. He also served as chief ...
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Sport Partner reports that Stephan Lub, a public relations manager...
Sport Partner reports that Stephan Lub, a public relations manager in the Dutch sports industry, died from a heart attack earlier this month at just 43. Lub became known in the Dutch sports market as head of corporate communications for Nike Benelux, and for several years also for Nike Northern ...
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Bob Meistrell, who co-founded Body Glove together with his twin...
Bob Meistrell, who co-founded Body Glove together with his twin brother Bill in 1953, died last June 16 of an apparent heart attack in his yacht Diappearance, near Catalina Island in California, following a paddleboard race. He was 84 years old. He and Bill, who died in 2006, moved to ...
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Guy Cotten, the French businessman known for creating the yellow...
Guy Cotten, the French businessman known for creating the yellow oilskin jacket worn by fishermen worldwide, died on April 3 at the age of 77 in a hospital in Quimper, in the north-west of France. Cotten built a world-renowned brand of outdoor wear for the fishing industry and yachting enthusiasts in ...
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Coen Dekker, the founder of Protest, the Dutch board sports...
Coen Dekker, the founder of Protest, the Dutch board sports brand, passed away on his 82nd birthday. Dekker Hout Groep, the Dekker family's business is based on the timber trade but Coen Dekker diversified into other activities, such as racquet sports and bowling centers. In 1981 he established Dekker Olifanta ...
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Joe Weider died on March 22 of heart failure in...
Joe Weider died on March 22 of heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital, aged 93. During his long career as a fitness coach, he coached the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former actor and governor of California, who called him the godfather of fitness. Weider built up a multi-billion-dollar ...
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One of the pioneers of the German retail landscape, Otto...
One of the pioneers of the German retail landscape, Otto Beisheim, is dead. On Feb. 18, he took his own life at his home at a lake in Bavaria, faced with an incurable disease. He was 89. Beisheim was one of the co-founders of Metro, Europe's leading cash & carry ...
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Professor Anselm Vogel has passed away. He was 83. Vogel...
Professor Anselm Vogel has passed away. He was 83. Vogel is considered to be the scientific pioneer in research on the impact of skiing on the human body. His fundamental research showed the interaction between the knee, the shinbone, the boot and the ski. The practical result of his work ...
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Last Christmas Eve, one of the most iconic and controversial...
Last Christmas Eve, one of the most iconic and controversial personalities of the German sporting goods retail landscape, passed away. Gerd Bittl senior died of cancer at the age of 74. Reportedly, the Munich-based sporting goods store chain and mail-order company that bears his name will remain family property, although local newspapers ...
