August Schmierer
August Schmierer
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Germany, represented by FC 1880 Frankfurt, at the 1900 Summer Olympics |
Full name |
August Schmierer |
Date of birth |
28 April 1870 |
Date of death |
unknown |
Rugby union career |
Playing career |
Position |
Scrum-half |
Amateur clubs |
Years |
Club / team |
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FC 1880 Frankfurt Cannstatter Fußball-Club |
August Schmierer (April 28, 1870 – ?) was a German rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
He was a member of the German rugby union team, which won the silver medal. Germany was represented at the tournament mainly by the FC 1880 Frankfurt rather than an official national team.[1] Schmierer had left Frankfurt in 1897 and was in 1900 already chairman of the Cannstatter Fußball-Club. But he was invited to the olympic tournament by his former club.[2]
References
- ↑ Die Gründerjahre des deutschen Rugbysports (German) DRV website - Foundation years, accessed: 3 April 2010
- ↑ Heineken, Philipp (1930). Erinnerungen an den Cannstatter Fussball-Club [Memories of the Cannstatter Fussball-Club] (in German). Heidelberg: Verlag Hermann Meister. pp. 86–88.
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