Jimmy Hartwig

Jimmy Hartwig

Hartwig in 2012
Personal information
Full name	William Hartwig
Date of birth	(1954-10-05) 5 October 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Offenbach am Main, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1974	Kickers Offenbach	4	(0)
1974–1978	1860 Munich	121	(16)
1978–1984	Hamburger SV	182	(47)
1984–1986	1. FC Köln	24	(5)
1986	Austria Salzburg
1986–1988	FC Homburg	4	(0)
National team
1979	West Germany	2	(0)
Teams managed
1989	FC Augsburg
1990	FC Sachsen Leipzig
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William "Jimmy" Hartwig (born 5 October 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.^[1] He played for Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 Munich, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln and FC Homburg of the Bundesliga^[2] and for Austria Salzburg of Austria. The son of an African-American soldier and a German mother, Hartwig was one of the first black players in German and Austrian football.^[source?]

Hartwig won the European Cup in 1983 with Hamburger SV, and was three times German league champion in 1979, 1982 und 1983 and three times league runner-up with Hamburger SV. He also earned two caps for the West Germany national team,^[3] making him only the second non-white player (after Erwin Kostedde) to achieve this feat.

After his playing career, Hartwig worked as a coach at FC Augsburg in 1989^[4] and FC Sachsen Leipzig in 1990.^[5] He entered the TV business, where he has been working ever since,^[5] whilst also appearing in the theatre as an actor.^[6]

Honours

• European Cup: 1982–83, runner-up 1979–80
• UEFA Cup finalist: 1981–82, 1985–86
• Bundesliga: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, runner-up: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84

Autobiography

• Jimmy Hartwig: "Ich möchte noch so viel tun …" Meine Kindheit, meine Karriere, meine Krankheit; Bergisch Gladbach 1994; ISBN 3-404-61309-0
• Jimmy Hartwig: "Ich bin ein Kämpfer geblieben" Meine Siege, meine Krisen, mein Leben, Berlin, Siebenhaar-Verlag 2010; ISBN 3-936962-86-3

References

1. "Hartwig, William". kicker (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
2. Arnhold, Matthias (11 May 2017). "William Georg 'Jimmy' Hartwig - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
3. Arnhold, Matthias (11 May 2017). "William Georg 'Jimmy' Hartwig - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
4. "William Hartwig". kicker (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
5. "Jimmy Hartwig im Porträt". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
6. Schiller, Maike (17 October 2009). "Jimmy Hartwig: Ex- Fußballstar spielt Theater – Die Kraft eines Stieres, die Seele eines kleinen Jungen". Hamburger Abendblatt. Axel Springer. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

Other websites

• Jimmy Hartwig at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Jimmy Hartwig at WorldFootball.net
• Jimmy Hartwig at National-Football-Teams.com
• European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads