William "Jimmy" Hartwig (born 5 October 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He played for Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 Munich, Hamburger SV,

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and FC Homburg of the Bundesliga 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. 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, 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 and FC Sachsen Leipzig in 1990. He entered the TV business, where he has been working ever since, whilst also appearing in the theatre as an actor.

Personal life

In his 1994 autobiography, Hartwig described his tough childhood in the city of

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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. In 2021, he featured in ', a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football. Despite his opposition against anti-black racism, he was criticized for possible racism against East Asians using the word " ching chong" in his commentary on WELT-TV for the

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. The WELT management company removed the video from YouTube and Hartwig posted an apology on his

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Singing

In 1980, the single ''Mama Calypso'' was released, with ''Sometimes'' on the reverse side, on the RCA label.

Honours

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: 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; * Jimmy Hartwig: ''"Ich bin ein Kämpfer geblieben" Meine Siege, meine Krisen, mein Leben'', Berlin, Siebenhaar-Verlag 2010;

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European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads
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