Jimmy Hartwig

Jimmy Hartwig
Personal information
Hartwig in 2012
Full name	William Hartwig
Date of birth	(1954-10-05) 5 October 1954 (age 69)
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)
International career
1979	West Germany	2	(0)
Managerial career
1989	FC Augsburg
1990	FC Sachsen Leipzig
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 players who is of African descent in German and Austrian football.^{[citation needed]}

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]

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Personal life

In his 1994 autobiography, Hartwig described his tough childhood in the city of Offenbach am Main where he was born. He recounted a childhood full of poverty and anti-black racism, with only his German mother as support; his biological African father from Senegal never took care of him.

Hartwig is married for the fourth time and has three children.^[5]

In 2021, he featured in Schwarze Adler [de], a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football.^[7]

Despite his opposition against anti-black racism, he was criticized for using the word "ching chang chong" in his commentary and then bowing, which was perceived as racist against East Asians, on WELT-TV for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[8] The WELT management company removed the video from YouTube and Hartwig posted an apology on his Instagram.^[9]

Singing

In 1980, the single Mama Calypso was released, with Sometimes on the reverse side, on the RCA label.^[10]

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