J�rgen Werner was a German football player, journalist and official. Werner, a midfield player, came from the youth of Hamburger SV right into the first team, in a similar path to Uwe Seeler did, and, for his eight years of first-team experience between 1955 and 1963, has the 1960 German Championship title to prove his credentials. He refused to sign a professional contract in 1963, and was to become a teacher, retiring from the game of football. He also played a part-time role as journalist for weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and later became the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the German Football Association, a role he took up in 1986. In the second half of the 1990s, he was a member of HSV's supervisory board. Werner played four games for the German team, between 1961 and 1963, and was picked for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, however, due to a training injury, did not pick up a World Cup appearance. He was a technically sound half back and intelligent player, who later became headmaster for lawyer education in Hamburg. J�rgen Werner died of cancer on May 28, 2002. In honour of J�rgen Werner, the academy of Hamburger SV got named J�rgen Werner Schule. 

August 15th, 1935 in Hamburg  /  Died:   May 28th, 2002