Otto Harder

Otto Fritz Harder (Nickname: Tull Harder; 25 November 1892 – 4 March 1956) was a footballer who played for Eintracht Braunschweig, Hamburger SV, and Victoria Hamburg. He won two German football championships and played 15 times in the Germany national team. Harder was a former SS officer and had been a warder at the Ahlem concentration camp in Hanover.

Tull Harder
Personal information
Full name Otto Fritz Harder
Date of birth (1892-11-25)25 November 1892
Place of birth Braunschweig, Germany
Date of death 4 March 1956(1956-03-04) (aged 63)
Place of death Hamburg, West Germany
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–1909 FC Hohenzollern Braunschweig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1912 Eintracht Braunschweig
1912 Hamburger FC
1912–1913 Eintracht Braunschweig
1913–1919 Hamburger FC
1917 → Stettiner SC (wartime guest)
1919–1931 Hamburger SV 143 (295 [1])
1931–1934 Victoria Hamburg
National team
1914–1926 Germany 15 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Harder was born in Braunschweig. He spent most of his career with Hamburger SV, scoring over 378 goals.[2] His football fame in Germany was comparable with Uwe Seeler's fame.[3][4] After his football career Harder was an SS-Untersturmführer (equivalent second lieutenant) and was a commander (Schutzhaftlagerführer) at the Ahlem camp.[5] After World War II Harder was convicted of war crimes by the British military court at the Curio house in Rotherbaum. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.[3] After the trial the Hamburger SV excluded him for a short time. In 1951 His Majesty 's Government pardoned Harder.[6] Harder moved to Bendestorf.

Harder died in a hospital in Hamburg after surgery in 1956.[3] The Hamburger SV published an obituary

Er war (...) stets ein guter Freund und treuer Kamerad.

— Vereinsnachrichten des Hamburger Sport-Verein, April 1956

'He was (...) always a good friend and faithful comrade.'[6]

For the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the senate of Hamburg published the booklet Hamburg '74. Fußballweltmeisterschaft, which praised among others Josef Posipal, Uwe Seeler and Harder as role models for the young. The sheets mentioning Harder were removed.[6]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Harder goal.
List of international goals scored by Otto Harder[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
15 April 1914Oude Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands3–14–4Friendly
24 November 1923Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany Norway1–01–0Friendly
331 August 1924Deutsches Stadion, Berlin, Germany Sweden1–11–4Friendly
421 September 1924Üllői út, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–31–4Friendly
514 December 1924Platz des Stuttgarter Sportclub, Stuttgart, Germany  Switzerland1–11–1Friendly
625 October 1925Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland1–04–0Friendly
72–0
83–0
918 April 1926Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany Netherlands3–24–2Friendly
1020 June 1929Stadion im Zerzabelshof, Nuremberg, Germany Sweden1–03–3Friendly
112–2
123–2
1331 October 1926Oude Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands2–13–2Friendly
143–1

See also

Neuengamme concentration camp

References
  1. https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Strikers-1.pdf
  2. "Otto "Tull" Harder, Mittelstormer Hamburger SV (1912-1931)".
  3. Staff (26 June 2002), "Tull" Harder - Vom Idol zum Kriegsverbrecher (in German), abendblatt.de, retrieved 21 August 2008
  4. Peters, Fritz (1942), Tull Harder stürmt für Deutschlands Fussballruhm (in German), Hamburg: Falken, OCLC 72331632
  5. Schwab, Georg (5 May 2004), SS personnel serving at Neuengammer, Axis History site, retrieved 21 August 2008
  6. Heinrich, Arthur, Tull Harder - Eine Karriere in Deutschland* (PDF) (in German), retrieved 13 August 2008
  7. "Otto Harder". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

Further reading
  • Repplinger, Roger (2008) Leg dich, Zigeuner. Die Geschichte von Johann Trollmann und Tull Harder. München, Piper, ISBN 3-492-04902-8 (in German)
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