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Jo Gartner

Born	(1954-01-24)24 January 1954
Died	1 June 1986(1986-06-01) (aged 32)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Austrian
Active years	1984
Teams	Osella
Races	8
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1984 San Marino Grand Prix
Last race	1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

Jo Gartner (24 January 1954 in Vienna – 1 June 1986) was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria. After a successful junior formula career, including wins in Formula 2. He participated in eight Formula One Grands Prix for Osella, debuting on 6 May 1984, scoring no points. Despite finishing fifth at the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, he was awarded no points because Osella had officially entered only one car for the season, and Gartner was driving a second car. He came fourth in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 962C along with teammates David Hobbs and Guy Edwards, finishing on three wheels. He caused quite a stir after winning the 1986 12 Hours of Sebring, along with teammates Bob Akin and Hans-Joachim Stuck.

Whilst contesting the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans at 2:10 am on the Sunday, Gartner's car suffered a mechanical failure and turned hard left into the barriers on the Mulsanne Straight at 160 mph (260 km/h). The car somersaulted down the track and caught fire resting on the barriers on the opposite side of the track. Gartner was killed on impact.

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Mike Wilds

Born	(1946-01-07) 7 January 1946 (age 66)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1974 - 1976
Teams	Ensign, BRM, non-works March and Shadow
Races	8 (3 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1974 British Grand Prix
Last race	1976 Dutch Grand Prix

Mike Wilds (born January 7, 1946 in Chiswick, London) is a British racing driver from England. He participated in eight Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 20, 1974. He scored no championship points.

After winning a few races in Formula 3 in the early 1970s, Wilds moved on to Formula 5000. At the same time, he took part in a few Formula One Grands Prix, firstly with a non-works March, then with Ensign and BRM. After he failed to qualify at his home grand prix in 1976 with a privately run Shadow, he concentrated on other forms of motor sport, including sports car racing and historic racing.

Wilds' sports car racing career included driving at Le Mans 8 times, including C2 cars for Ecurie Ecosse (World Champion C2, 1986), and Group C for Nissan in 1988 with team-mate Win Percy.

Wilds won the 2008 Britcar Drivers Championship together with Ian Lawson and also won the 2008 Group C Enduro Trophy in the Porsche 962 with Henry Pearman.

He still occasionally drives in events for historic cars. He raced a Porsche 962 and an Elva Mk5 in the 2008 Silverstone Classic.

In addition to his car racing career, Wilds is an active commercial helicopter pilot and instructor. He is affectionately known as 'The Honorific' Mike Wilds.^{[citation needed]}

External links[link]

• Official site
• Mike Wilds driving F1 [HD]

Complete Formula One World Championship results[link]

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Allan Simonsen

Simonsen playing for Vejle
Personal information
Full name	Allan Rodenkam Simonsen
Date of birth	(1952-12-15) 15 December 1952 (age 59)
Place of birth	Vejle, Denmark
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1971–1972	Vejle BK	42	(16[1])
1972–1979	Borussia Mönchengladbach	178	(76[2])
1979–1982	Barcelona	98	(31[3])
1982–1983	Charlton Athletic	16	(9[3])
1983–1989	Vejle BK	166	(70[1])
Total		500	(202)
National team
1971–1972	Denmark U-21	6	(0[4])
1972–1986	Denmark	55	(20[4])
Teams managed
1991–1994	Vejle BK
1994–2001	Faroe Islands
2001–2004	Luxembourg
2011–	FC Fredericia (General manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Allan Rodenkam Simonsen (born 15 December 1952) is a former Danish footballer and manager. He most prominently played for German team Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup. Allan Simonsen is the only footballer to have scored in the European Cup, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup finals, and he was named 1977 European Footballer of the Year.

For the Denmark national football team, Simonsen was capped 55 times, scoring 20 goals. He represented Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1984 European Championship and 1986 World Cup tournaments. He was voted into the Danish Football Hall of Fame in November 2008.

Club career[link]

Born in Vejle, Simonsen started playing football with Vejle FC, before he joined the youth team of local top-flight club Vejle BK (VB) in 1963.^[5] He made his senior debut for VB on 24 March 1971 in a 3–1 home win against Karlskoga FF.^[6] He won the 1971 and 1972 Danish championship with the club, as well as the 1972 Danish Cup to complete The Double. Following an impressive three goals in six matches at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Simonsen moved to Germany to play professionally for defending German Bundesliga champions Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Borussia Mönchengladbach[link]

In his first two seasons with Borussia Mönchengladbach, Simonsen had a hard time,^[5] as he only played a combined 17 games and scored two goals. However, he was a part of the team which won the 1972–73 German Cup trophy. He broke into the starting line-up for the 1974–75 season. He played all 34 games of the season, and scored 18 goals as Mönchengladbach won the Bundesliga championship. Simonsen also scored 10 goals in 12 games in the international 1974–75 UEFA Cup competition, including two goals in the 5–1 final victory against FC Twente. In the following season, Simonsen scored 16 goals as Mönchengladbach won the 1975–76 season. He scored four goals in six games of the international 1975–76 European Cup competition, before Mönchengladbach were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Spanish team Real Madrid on the away goals rule.^[2]

1977 was the greatest year in Simonsen's career. He scored 12 goals to help Mönchengladbach win its third Bundesliga title in a row in the 1975–76 season. In the 1976–77 European Cup, Simonsen helped Mönchengladbach to the 1977 European Cup Final against English team Liverpool.^[2] In the final, Simonsen scored a memorable powerful long range goal to level the game at 1–1, but Mönchengladbach eventually lost 3–1.^[5] He was subsequently named the 1977 European Footballer of the Year, as the first Danish player in history. The race for the award was tight, and Simonsen squeezed past English midfielder Kevin Keegan by three points and French midfielder Michel Platini by four points to win the prestigious prize. The win was notable, in that Simonsen's native Denmark was not among the top footballing nations in the 1970s, leaving him little room to impress at the international tournaments.^[7]

In the following two Bundesliga seasons, Simonsen continued his prolific goalscoring, as Mönchengladbach finished 2nd and 8th respectively. He won another international trophy with Mönchengladbach in 1979, when he scored eight goals in eight games to guide the club to the final games of the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. He scored the deciding goal in the 2–1 1979 UEFA Cup Final win against Red Star Belgrade.^[2] Simonsen had been approached by Spanish club FC Barcelona in 1978, but Mönchengladbach refused to let him go. Instead, Simonsen waited for his contract to expire, and moved to FC Barcelona in 1979, rejecting offers from Hamburger SV, Juventus, and several Arabian clubs.^[8]

Barcelona[link]

Simonsen spent three successful seasons with Barcelona.^[5] In his first Barcelona season, Simonsen was the top goal scorer of the team with 10 goals in 32 games,^[9] as Barcelona finished in fourth place in the 1979–80 La Liga season. The following season saw several new players at Barcelona, and the club won the 1981 Spanish Cup. Simonsen's 10 goals saw him as third top goalscorer behind new players Quini (20) and Bernd Schuster (11),^[10] as Barcelona finished in fifth place in the 1980–81 La Liga. Simonsen was second goal scorer behind Quini,^[11] as the club finished second in the 1981–82 La Liga. He also helped Barcelona reach the final of the continental 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup competition. In the 2–1 final victory against Standard Liège,^[12] Simonsen scored the deciding goal on a header to help Barcelona lift the trophy.^[5]

Charlton Athletic[link]

When Barcelona signed Argentinian forward Diego Maradona in 1982, Spanish league restrictions meant Simonsen was to compete with Maradona and Bernd Schuster for only two places allowed for foreign players in each starting line-up. Simonsen saw it as a personal insult, and asked Barcelona for his contract to be annulled.^[8] He made a shock move to English Second Division side Charlton Athletic for £300,000 in October 1982.^[13] He rejected offers from Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur, in order to play for a club with less stress and attention.^[8] Despite scoring nine times in 16 appearances, the club had trouble funding his transfer and wages after three months, and he was put up for sale.^[13] Simonsen then chose to return to his childhood club VB in 1983.

Vejle BK[link]

He missed the last half of the 1984 season for VB because of an injury he sustained at the 1984 European Championship, but the club managed to win the 1984 Danish championship without him. He returned as a profile of the top-flight Danish 1st Division, but never reached his former form.^[5] Simonsen retired from football in 1989 at age 37, and played his last game for VB in November 1989. He played a total 282 games and scored 104 goals, including 208 games and 89 goals in the league, for Vejle Boldklub.^[6]

International career[link]

He debuted for the Danish national team under manager Rudi Strittich in the July 1972 friendly match against Iceland. He scored two goals as Denmark won 5-2, and Simonsen was included in the Danish squad for the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, he scored three goals in the first three matches to help Denmark advance beyond the first group stage. In the second group stage, Simonsen ran out of steam and he was substituted at half time in two of the last three games as Denmark were eliminated.^[4]

He played a crucial part for the Danish national team under manager Sepp Piontek, in Denmark's qualifying campaign for the 1984 European Championship. Denmark led their qualifying group with a single point over second placed England before the two teams met at England's home ground Wembley Stadium in September 1983. Simonsen scored one of the most important Danish goals ever, as he converted a penalty kick against English goalkeeper Peter Shilton.^[5] The 1-0 win eventually secured the Danish national team qualification for their first international tournament since the 1972 Olympic Games, and the first European Championship participation since the 1964 tournament. It effectively ended England's hopes of qualification for the tournament.^[14] He subsequently finished third in the vote for the 1983 European Footballer of the Year award.^[15]

The 1984 European Championship main tournament was a short experience for Simonsen, as he broke his leg in a challenge by Yvon Le Roux in Denmark's first match against France.^[5] Even without Simonsen, Denmark reached the semi-finals. He was once more a part of the Danish national team at the 1986 World Cup, Denmark's first World Cup participation. He only played a single match at the tournament, coming on as a substitute against West Germany, as younger players had surpassed him. He played a farewell match against Germany in September 1986 before ending his national team career.^[4]

Simonsen played a total 55 games for the Danish national team and scored 20 goals, according to the Danish Football Association.^[4] However, some sources chose to include Simonsen's appearance in a February 1981 charity match, to tally his national team career as 21 goals in 56 games.^[5] The match was Italy vs. Europe for the benefit of the Irpinia earthquake victims. Simonsen started the game, scored a goal, and was substituted at half time as Europe won 3-0.^[16]

Managing career[link]

Following his retirement, Simonsen went on to coach his former club Vejle Boldklub from 1991 to 1994. During his time at the club, VB were relegated from the new top-flight Danish Superliga to the now second-tier Danish 1st Division. He later coached the national teams of the Faroe Islands from 1994 to 2001 and Luxembourg from 2001 to 2004.^[5]

Club statistics[link]

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National team statistics[link]

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Career statistics[link]

Honours[link]

Domestic

• Danish championship : 1971, 1972 and 1984 with Vejle Boldklub
• Danish Cup : 1972 with Vejle Boldklub
• German Cup : 1973 with Borussia M'gladbach
• German Bundesliga : 1975, 1976 and 1977 with Borussia M'gladbach
• Spanish Cup : 1981 with FC Barcelona

European

• UEFA Cup : 1975 and 1979 with Borussia M'gladbach
• Cup Winners' Cup : 1982 with FC Barcelona
• European Footballer of the Year : 1977

International goals[link]

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.^[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 July 1972	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland	Iceland	2–2	5–2	Friendly
2.	3 July 1972	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland	Iceland	4–2	5–2	Friendly
3.	27 August 1972	Drei Flüsse Stadion, Passau, Germany	Brazil	1–0	3–2	1972 Summer Olympics
4.	27 August 1972	Drei Flüsse Stadion, Passau, Germany	Brazil	3–2	3–2	1972 Summer Olympics
5.	29 August 1972	Rosenaustadion, Augsburg, Germany	Iran	2–0	4–0	1972 Summer Olympics
6.	3 September 1974	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Indonesia	4–0	9–0	Friendly
7.	23 May 1976	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–1	5–1	1978 World Cup qualification
8.	1 May 1977	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Poland	1–1	1–2	1978 World Cup qualification
9.	15 June 1977	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	2–1	2–1	1972–77 Nordic Championship
10.	20 September 1978	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	England	1–2	3–4	1980 European Championship qualification
11.	6 June 1979	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Northern Ireland	3–0	4–0	1980 European Championship qualification
12.	21 May 1980	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Spain	1–1	2–2	Friendly
13.	19 November 1980	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Luxembourg	4–0	4–0	1982 World Cup qualification
14.	15 April 1981	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Romania	1–1	2–1	Friendly
15.	26 August 1981	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Iceland	2–0	3–0	Friendly
16.	26 August 1981	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Iceland	3–0	3–0	Friendly
17.	1 June 1983	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Hungary	3–1	3–1	1984 European Championship qualification
18.	21 September 1983	Wembley Stadium, London, England	England	1–0	1–0	1984 European Championship qualification
19.	12 October 1983	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Luxembourg	4–0	6–0	1984 European Championship qualification
20.	16 November 1983	Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece	2–0	2–0	1984 European Championship qualification

References[link]

External links[link]

• Danish national team profile
• (Danish) Vejle Boldklub profile
• (Spanish) Official Spanish career profile

v t e Denmark squad – 1972 Summer Olympics 1 Therkildsen 2 Ahlberg 3 Andresen 4 Røntved 5 J. Rasmussen 6 H.E. Hansen 7 J. Hansen 8 Nygaard 9 Simonsen 10 Berthelsen 11 Printzlau 12 Pedersen 13 Vonsyld 14 Ziegler 15 M. Rasmussen 16 H. Hansen 17 Bak 18 Hildebrandt 19 V. Hansen Coach: Strittich

v t e Denmark squad – UEFA Euro 1984 semi-finalists 1 Kjær 2 O. Rasmussen 3 Busk 4 M. Olsen (c) 5 Nielsen 6 Lerby 7 Bertelsen 8 J. Olsen 9 Simonsen 10 Elkjær 11 Berggreen 12 Mølby 13 Lauridsen 14 Laudrup 15 Arnesen 16 T. Rasmussen 17 Thychosen 18 Sivebæk 19 Brylle 20 Qvist Coach: Piontek

v t e Denmark squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Rasmussen 2 Sivebæk 3 Busk 4 M. Olsen (c) 5 I. Nielsen 6 Lerby 7 Mølby 8 J. Olsen 9 Berggreen 10 Elkjær Larsen 11 Laudrup 12 Bertelsen 13 Frimann 14 Simonsen 15 Arnesen 16 Qvist 17 K. Nielsen 18 Christensen 19 Eriksen 20 Bartram 21 Andersen 22 Høgh Coach: Piontek