Jimmy Hartwig

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 American father never took care of him. In November 2022, he used racist anti-asian slur against the Japan national football team on WELT-TV for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Hartwig is married for the fourth time and has three children. In 2021, he featured in Schwarze Adler, a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football. 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. The WELT management company removed the video from YouTube and Hartwig posted an apology on his Instagram.

Hamburg

Bundesliga: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83 European Cup: 1982–83; runner-up: 1979–80 UEFA Cup runner-up: 1981–82, 1985–86