Georg Wenderoth (rugby player)

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Georg Wenderoth
Player information
birthday 19th century
place of birth ,
date of death 20th century
society
society Career ended
position Second row striker
Clubs as active
Years society Games (points)
SC Frankfurt 1880 ()

Georg Wenderoth was a German rugby player .

The German team at the 1900 Olympic Games from
left to right: Beiler (replacement), Poppe, R. Ludwig, Hofmeister, Latscha, Müller, Wenderoth, Stockhausen, Kreuzer
in the middle: E. Ludwig, Reitz, Amrhein, Landvoigt, Herrmann
below: Betting, unknown , greaser

Wenderoth was active as a striker for the Frankfurt soccer club . At the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, this club provided a rugby team expanded by two from Stuttgart, which played a game against the French selection on October 14, 1900 and lost at 17:27. Because the IOC officially added the competition to the program of the 1900 Summer Olympics , the members of the rugby team are ranked second in the Olympic Games .

Wenderoth was considered a critic of gymnastics .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jörn Eiben: The subject of football: A history of moving bodies in the empire . transcript, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8376-3237-8 , p. 144 .