Heinz Weifenbach
Heinz Weifenbach ( born July 11, 1939 in Hemer, North Rhine -Westphalia ) is a former German professional ice hockey official who came in the 1980s by an advertising contract with the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the headlines.
Career
The trained masons and contractors began his official career as chairman of the junior department of the EC Deilinghofen, before many years he was a fan of the ECD. Beginning of 1981, the club was now ECD Iserlohn, he broke Wilhelm Gosselke from as club chairman. The new boss, a high amount of debt was left from the late 1970s.
Nevertheless, started with Weifenbach most dazzling time of Iserlohn ice hockey. He engaged stars such as the Finn Martti Jarkko or NHL star Jaroslav Pouzar, and 1983/84 coach Gerhard Kiessling and made for some high profile sponsors such as Mario Ohoven. Then the shadow side of his work was first clearly Before the season 1986/87: The Tax Iserlohn let business premises of the ECD Iserlohn and homes of the players search for DM 5.8 million tax debt. In order to salvage the club still, traveled Weifenbach, who also invested much of his personal fortune into the club to Libyan leader Gaddafi. He tried the debt to push through a doped with 1.5 million DM advertising contract for Gaddafi's "Green Book". This caused in the home for great excitement. Well-known politicians condemned Weifenbachs action. During the 1987/88 season the ECD Iserlohn was forced to declare bankruptcy.
On 9 October 1991 Weifenbach resigned as president of the ECD Sauerland, since, according to press reports, sponsors stood in waiting, who wanted to support the club until Weifenbach is assigned.
Heinz Weifenbach, which is mapped to almost any photo with cigar, was sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion on 30 June 1993.
Today he lives with his wife, the former mansion Good Roedinghausen in Lendringsen, the middle of the 17th century was built on behalf of the Dückerstieg family. Born in Hemer has completely withdrawn from the hockey scene and now devotes himself again especially construction projects.
- Builder
- Hockey official ( Germany )
- Person ( Hemer )
- German
- Born in 1939
- Man