August Schmierer

August Schmierer (28 April 1870 – ?) was a German rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

August Schmierer

Germany, represented by FC 1880 Frankfurt, at the 1900 Summer Olympics. (Schmierer on the ground, first from right.)
Birth name	August Schmierer
Date of birth	28 April 1870
Date of death	unknown
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) FC 1880 Frankfurt Cannstatter FC ()
Medal record Men's rugby union Representing Germany Olympic Games 1900 Paris Team competition

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

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

External links

• August Schmierer at ESPNscrum
• August Schmierer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)