August Schmierer

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August Schmierer
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Germany, represented by FC 1880 Frankfurt, at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
(Schmierer on the ground, first from right.)
Full nameAugust Friedrich Christian Schmierer
Date of birth28 April 1870
Place of birth Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Date of deathunknown
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Flag of the German Empire.svg FC 1880 Frankfurt
Flag of the German Empire.svg Cannstatter FC
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Medal record
Men's rugby union
Representing Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1900 Paris Team competition

August Friedrich Christian Schmierer (born 28 April 1870, date of death unknown) was a German rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. [1]

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. [2] 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. [3]

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References

  1. "August Schmierer". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. Die Gründerjahre des deutschen Rugbysports Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in German) DRV website - Foundation years, accessed: 3 April 2010
  3. Heineken, Philipp (1930). Erinnerungen an den Cannstatter Fussball-Club[Memories of the Cannstatter Fussball-Club] (in German). Heidelberg: Verlag Hermann Meister. pp. 86–88.