BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-GERMAN " JIMMY HARTWIG " IS A RETIRED GERMAN FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO PLAYED FOR KICKERS OFFENBACH, TVS 1860 : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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                          Jimmy Hartwig

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Jimmy Hartwig

Personal information
Full name	William Hartwig
Date of birth	5 October 1954 (age 60)
Place of birth	Offenbach am Main, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1973–1974	Kickers Offenbach	4	(0)
1974–1978	TSV 1860 München	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. † Appearances (Goals).

William "Jimmy" Hartwig (born 5 October 1954) is a retired German football player.^[1] He played for Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 München, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln 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.^{[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 German 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^[2] and FC Sachsen Leipzig in 1990.^[3] He entered the TV business, where he has been working ever since,^[3] whilst also appearing in the theatre as an actor.^[4]

Honours

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

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 mother as support; his biological father never took care of him.

Hartwig is married for the fourth time and has three children.^[3]

Singing

In 1980, the single Mama Calypso was released, with Sometimes on the reverse side, on the RCA label.^[5]

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