- One of the most popular and famous German soccer stars of the 60s and early 70s.
- Was a centre forward and played for Bundesliga team Hamburger SV.
- President of Hamburger SV (1995-1998).
- Residence in Norderstedt inside Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
- Has been awarded honorary citizenship of his hometown Hamburg in 2003.
- A bronze replica of his right foot (scale 20:1) stands in front of the Volksparkstadion, the home stadium of his former club HSV (Hamburger Sportverein). It's the worlds biggest foot sculpture.
- 7 appearances for Hamburger SV in European Cup (1960-1961), scored 5 goals.
- 31 appearances for Hamburger SV in DFB Pokal (1954-1972), scored 24 goals.
- 239 appearances for Hamburger SV in Bundesliga (1963-1972), scored 137 goals.
- 72 appearances for West German National Team (1954-1970), scored 43 goals.
- Won the German Championship with Hamburger SV in 1960.
- He had a two-and-a-half-year tenure as president of Hamburger SV, which began in 1995, and ended in resignation in 1998 due to a financial scandal, for which he took responsibility. Seeler, however, was not himself implicated in the irregularities.
- In later years, despite tempting offers from Italian and Spanish clubs, he remained loyal to Hamburg, working on a second career as a merchant besides playing football.
- He was the first athlete ever to be awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
- He scored 137 times in 239 Bundesliga games, 43 times in 72 international games for the German national team, and 21 times in 29 European club tournament games.
- His 404 goals in German Oberliga and Bundesliga league games is a record that stands as of today, his 406 goals in league games overall making him the second-best German goalscorer behind Gerd Müller.
- Diminutive even by the standards of the day at just 1.68m tall, he scored 43 goals in 72 appearances for his country and earned a reputation as one of their best centre-forwards of all time.
- A gigantic bronze statue of the striker's foot sits outside the 57,000 seater Volksparkstadion as a mark of respect to the club's greatest servant. The statue is a carbon copy of a foot which, allocating for headers and weak-footed efforts on his left peg, scored over 500 goals for the club which yielded just a single German championship title in 1960 and a German Cup three years later (he scored all three in a 3-0 win against Borussia Dortmund).
- In 1978, he and his former teammate Franz-Josef Hönig played for Cork Celtic F.C. in a one-off sponsored event. Seeler had ended his active playing career in 1972. However, this match turned out to be an official League of Ireland one and Uwe scored twice.Thus, his overall record of goals scored in league and championship matches adds up to 446 (Hamburger SV 444, Cork Celtic 2).
- Although Seeler never won a World Cup (his involvement as a player in the tournament started four years after West Germany won their first World Cup (1954) and ended four years before they won their second (1974)), he had a prolific career in the tournament; he was the first player ever to appear in 20 World Cup matches (he retired with 21 matches played, tied for third all-time); the first ever to score in four World Cups (beating Pelé by only a few minutes), and the first player to score at least two goals in each of four World Cups (matched in 2014 by his compatriot Miroslav Klose).
- Even in his post-playing days, Seeler was never far from the game he loved. He successfully ran a clothing company and worked as a representative for a sporting goods manufacturer.
- He also ranks third in all-time minutes played in World Cups, with 1,980, behind Paolo Maldini and Lothar Matthäus.
- Seeler died on 21 July 2022, aged 85, in his home in Norderstedt. He was honoured later in the day with a moment of silence before the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 quarter-final between Germany and Austria.
- A photo of a dejected Seeler leaving the field having just been defeated in the 1966 World Cup Final was voted as Photo of the Century by kicker magazine.
- Young Uwe joined HSV, as Hamburg's biggest club are commonly known, at the age of ten and made his first-team debut in 1953 while still only 16.
- Usually regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history, Seeler was named one of FIFA's 125 greatest living players by Pelé in 2004.
- In 2003, he became an honorary citizen of his hometown Hamburg; the first time the honor was bestowed on a sportsman.
- The man Uwe Seeler was always an exemplary character on and off the field, collecting many civic honours to go with his footballing achievements. He holds the Silver Laurel Leaf, the highest sports award in Germany.
- He became the first player to score in four World Cups, beating Pele by only a few minutes, and spent his entire 19-year club career at Hamburg, where he scored over 404 goals in 476 league games.
- Seeler appeared in a cameo role in the popular 1972 Heinz Erhardt comedy Willi wird das Kind schon schaukeln (English title: Willi Manages the Whole Thing), playing himself.
- In 2003 he published his memoirs: "Danke, Fußball" ("Thank you, football").
- Seeler was a tremendously popular player due to his fairness and modesty and is still widely called "Uns Uwe" (West Low German: Our Uwe) in Hamburg and the surrounding area.
- 42 appearances for Hamburger SV in German Championship, Final Round (1955-1963), scored 40 goals.
- 237 appearances for Hamburger SV in Oberliga Nord (1954-1963), scored 266 goals.
- He was also known for his humility and fairness, and respected for his loyalty to his hometown club, Hamburger SV.
- He was voted German player of the year in 1960, 1964 and 1970.
- Seeler was famous for his overhead kicks and ability to score goals from the unlikeliest of angles.
- He ranked third in all-time minutes played in World Cups, with 1,980, behind Paolo Maldini and Lothar Matthäus.
- 10 appearances for West German U 18 National Team (1953-1954), scored 15 goals.
- Took part in 4 world championships (1958 in Sweden, 1962 in Chile, 1966 in England and 1970 in Mexico).
- Won the DFB Pokal with Hamburger SV in 1963.
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