Otto Harder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Otto Fritz Harder | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Braunschweig, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 4 March 1956 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Hamburg, West Germany | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | ||
| 1931–1934 | Victoria Hamburg | ||
| National team | |||
| 1914–1926 | Germany | 15 | (14) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Otto Fritz Harder (Nickname: Tull Harder) (born 25 November 1892 in Braunschweig, died 4 March 1956 in Hamburg) was a Footballer for Eintracht Braunschweig, Hamburger SV, and Victoria Hamburg. He won two German football championships and played 15 times in the German national team. Harder was a former SS officer and had been a warder at the Ahlem concentration camp in Hanover.
Harder spent most of his career with Hamburger SV. His football fame in Germany was comparable with Uwe Seeler's fame. After his football career Harder was an SS-Untersturmführer (equivalent second lieutenant) and was a commander (Schutzhaftlagerführer) at the Ahlem camp. 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. After the trial the Hamburger SV excluded him for a short time. In 1951 His Majesty 's Government pardoned Harder. Harder moved to Bendestorf.
Harder died in a hospital in Hamburg after surgery in 1956. The Hamburger SV published an obituary
Er war (...) stets ein guter Freund und treuer Kamerad.
'He was (...) always a good friend and faithful comrade.'
For the world cup in 1974, 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.
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