Jimmy Hartwig

{{Short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jimmy Hartwig

| image = Jimmy Hartwig auf dem Oktoberfest 2012.JPG

| caption = Hartwig in 2012

| fullname = William Hartwig

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Offenbach am Main, West Germany

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1973–1974

| clubs1 = Kickers Offenbach

| caps1 = 4

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1974–1978

| clubs2 = 1860 Munich

| caps2 = 121

| goals2 = 16

| years3 = 1978–1984

| clubs3 = Hamburger SV

| caps3 = 182

| goals3 = 47

| years4 = 1984–1986

| clubs4 = 1. FC Köln

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1986

| clubs5 = Austria Salzburg

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 1986–1988

| clubs6 = FC Homburg

| caps6 = 4

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1979

| nationalteam1 = West Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1989

| managerclubs1 = FC Augsburg

| manageryears2 = 1990

| managerclubs2 = FC Sachsen Leipzig

}}

William "Jimmy" Hartwig (born 5 October 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/1860-muenchen-5/11057/spieler_william-hartwig.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015051903/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/1860-muenchen-5/11057/spieler_william-hartwig.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2012|title=Hartwig, William|language=de|work=kicker|access-date=13 December 2010}} He played for Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 Munich, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln and FC Homburg of the Bundesliga{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/jhartwigdata.html | title = William Georg 'Jimmy' Hartwig - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 11 May 2017 | access-date = 12 May 2017 | publisher = RSSSF}} 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 American descent in German and Austrian football.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}

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,{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/jhartwig-intl.html | title = William Georg 'Jimmy' Hartwig - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 11 May 2017 | access-date = 12 May 2017 | publisher = RSSSF}} 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{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/william-hartwig/trainer|title=William Hartwig|language=de|work=kicker|access-date=13 December 2010}} and FC Sachsen Leipzig in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.mdr.de/riverboat/7522859-hintergrund-7523905.html |title=Jimmy Hartwig im Porträt |language=de |work=Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk |access-date=13 December 2010 |date=27 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104135125/http://www.mdr.de/riverboat/7522859-hintergrund-7523905.html |archive-date= 4 November 2010 }} He entered the TV business, where he has been working ever since, whilst also appearing in the theatre as an actor.{{Cite web | last =Schiller | first =Maike | title =Jimmy Hartwig: Ex- Fußballstar spielt Theater – Die Kraft eines Stieres, die Seele eines kleinen Jungen | work =Hamburger Abendblatt | publisher =Axel Springer | date =17 October 2009 | url =http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article1233870/Die-Kraft-eines-Stieres-die-Seele-eines-kleinen-Jungen.html | access-date =9 September 2011}}