Billy Schmidt

For the 19th century baseball player born with the name "Schmidt", see Billy Smith (right-handed pitcher).

Billy Schmidt
Personal information
Full name	Louis William Schmidt
Date of birth	(1887-12-29)29 December 1887
Date of death	23 October 1975(1975-10-23) (aged 87)
Original team(s)	Balmain Juniors
Debut	Round 1, 1908, Richmond vs. Melbourne
Height / weight	170 cm / 70 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1908–11 1912–14; 1918–20 1921 Total	Richmond St Kilda Richmond	071 0(69) 090 0(77) 004 00(2) 165 (148)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1933	Richmond	21 (16–5–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Career highlights
Richmond captain: 1910 Interstate games: 12

Louis William "Billy" Schmidt (29 December 1887 – 23 October 1975)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1907 then in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1908 to 1911 and again in 1921. He played for the St Kilda Football Club between 1912 and 1914 and again from 1918 until 1920.

He coached Warracknabeal to three premierships between 1921 and 1930, then coached Richmond for one season, 1933, where they lost the Grand Final to South Melbourne.

References

↑ "Billy Schmidt - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Billy Schmidt's statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Richmond Football Club

1908: Pannam
1909: Condon
1909: Lawson
1910: Schmidt
1911: Incigneri
1912: Ohlsen
1913: James
1914–1916: Thomas
1917: Maybury
1918: Hall
1919: Thomas
1920–1925: Minogue
1926: M. Morris
1927–1928: Geddes
1929: Lilburne
1930: Geddes
1931: Hunter
1932–1940: Bentley
1941–1949: Dyer
1950–1951: B. Morris
1952–1957: Rowe
1958–1959: Wright
1960–1962: Branton
1963–1966: Crowe
1967: Swift
1968–1971: Dean
1972–1975: Hart
1976–1977: Bourke
1978: Sheedy
1979: Bartlett
1980: Monteath
1981: Wood
1982: Cloke
1983–1984: Rowlings
1985–1987: Lee
1988–1992: Weightman
1993: Hogg
1994–1996: Free
1997–2000: Knights
2001–2004: Campbell
2005–2008: Johnson
2009–2012: Newman
2013–: Cotchin

Coaches of the Richmond Football Club

1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1937: Titus 1941–1952: Dyer 1941: Titus 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964: Harris 1964–1965: Smith 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1971: Howell 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–: Hardwick

Italics denote caretaker coach

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