| Herman Hellwig | |
| Fullname: | Herman Otto Hellwig |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Northcote, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Oakleigh, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Preston |
| Height: | 179 cm |
| Weight: | 79 kg |
| Statsend: | 1899 |
| Years1: | 1893–94 |
| Club1: | (VFA) |
| Games Goals1: | 8 (0) |
| Years2: | 1895 |
| Club2: | (VFA) |
| Games Goals2: | 1 (0) |
| Years3: | 1897–99 |
| Games Goals3: | 21 (3) |
Herman Otto Hellwig (30 June 1875 – 5 August 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of German immigrants Emil Waldemar Hellwig (1838–1902)[2] and Johanna Auguster Hellwig, nee Meisgeier, (1837–1927),[3] Herman Otto Hellwig was born in Northcote, Victoria on 30 June 1875.
Hellwig married Frances Jean "Fanny" Forrester Jubb (1874–1935)[4] in 1896 and they had four children together. Their third child, Gordon Hellwig, was a VFL footballer for Fitzroy.
Hellwig played for both North Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football Association prior to his VFL appearances with Collingwood.[5]
In 1896 Hellwig played for Preston in the Victorian Junior Football Association.
Hellwig returned to senior ranks when he transferred to Collingwood in the 1897 season, making a total of 21 appearances before transferring back to Preston in the middle of the 1899 season.[6]
From 1900 Hellwig played for Northcote in the Victorian Junior Football Association.[7] [8] Hellwig continued playing for Northcote when they joined the Victorian Football Association in 1908.[9]
In 1909 Herman Helwig was coach of the Preston District football team.[10]
Hellwig died at Oakleigh Community hospital on 5 August 1952[11] and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[12]