August Schmierer

August Schmierer
Germany, represented by FC 1880 Frankfurt, at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
(Schmierer on the ground, first from right.)
Full nameAugust Friedrich Christian Schmierer
Born28 April 1870
Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Diedunknown
Rugby union career
Position Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
FC 1880 Frankfurt
– Cannstatter FC
Medal record
Men's rugby union
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1900 ParisTeam 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.

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. 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.

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.