Otto Fritz Harder (Nickname: Tull Harder; 25 November 1892 – 4 March 1956) was a footballer who played for

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

, 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.

Career

Harder was born in Braunschweig. He spent most of his career with Hamburger SV, scoring over 378 goals. His football fame in Germany was comparable with Uwe Seeler's fame.

Career statistics

Later life

After his football career Harder was an SS- Untersturmführer (equivalent

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) 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 'He was (...) always a good friend and faithful comrade.' For the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...

, 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.

International career

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Harder goal.''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harder, Otto 1892 births 1956 deaths Sportspeople from Braunschweig German footballers Footballers from Lower Saxony Association football forwards Germany international footballers Eintracht Braunschweig players Hamburger SV players SC Victoria Hamburg players Neuengamme concentration camp personnel People convicted in the Curiohaus Trial SS-Untersturmführer Waffen-SS personnel Schutzhaftlagerführer