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August Oberhauser
August Oberhauser (4 March 1895 – 1 August 1971) was a Switzerland, Swiss Association football player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Swiss team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. References External linksAugust Oberhauser's profile at Sports Reference.com 1895 births 1971 deaths Swiss men's footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Switzerland men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Men's association football defenders {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The Summer Olympics
Football at the Summer Olympics, referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA World Cup tournament). Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games. In order to avoid competition with the World Cup, FIFA have restricted participation of elite players in the men's tournament in various ways: currently, squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of players under 23 years of age, with three permitted exceptions. By comparison, the women's football tournament is a full senior-level international tournament, second in prestige only to the FIFA Women's World Cup. History Pre-World Cup era Beginnings Football was not included in the program at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, as international football was in its infancy at the time. However, sources claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
