August Friedrich Christian Schmierer (born 28 April 1870, date of death unknown) was a German

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

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.

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* * * 1870 births Year of death missing German rugby union players Rugby union players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby union players of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany SC 1880 Frankfurt players Rugby union scrum-halves Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Stuttgart Place of death missing {{Germany-rugbyunion-bio-stub