Billy Schmidt

Infobox afl player | firstname = Billy
lastname = Schmidt


birthdate =
birthplace =
originalteam = Balmain Juniors
heightweight = 170cm / 70kg
dead = dead
deathdate = 1975
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 9 May 1908
debutteam = Richmond
debutopponent = Melbourne
debutstadium =
playingteams = Richmond (1908-1911; 1921)

75 games, 71 goals

St Kilda (1912-1914; 1918-1920)

90 games, 77 goals
coach = coach
coachingteams = Richmond (1933)
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =

*Richmond Captain 1910
*Interstate Games:- 12

Louis 'William' Schmidt (known as 'Billy') was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1907 then in the 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

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