Auguste Kramer
{{Short description|Swiss footballer (1901–1971)}}
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| full_name = Auguste Louis Kramer
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|03|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|07|08|1901|03|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = Geneva, Switzerland
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| position = Forward
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| years1 = ?–1924 | clubs1 = Biel-Bienne | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1924–1927 | clubs2 = {{ill|Gallia Club Lunel|fr}} | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 1927–1930 | clubs3 = Montpellier | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1930–1932 | clubs4 = Nîmes | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 1934–1935 | clubs5 = Villeurbanne | caps5 = | goals5 =
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| nationalyears1 = 1924
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland
| nationalcaps1 = 1
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Auguste Louis Kramer (12 March 1901 – 8 July 1971) was a Swiss footballer who played as a forward for Montpellier and the Swiss national team in the 1920s.
Playing career
Auguste Kramer was born in Colombier, Neuchâtel, on 12 March 1901, as the son of Auguste Kramer-Dubuisson.{{cite web |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR19010417-01.2.34&srpos=4&e=-------en-20--1-byDA-img-txIN-%22Kramer+Dubuisson%22~30-------0----- |title=Etat-civil de Colombier - Mars 1901 - Naissances |trans-title=Civil status of Colombier - March 1901 - Births |language=fr |website=www.e-newspaperarchives.ch |publisher=L'express |date=17 April 1901 |access-date=8 April 2025}} Kramer was playing for Biel-Bienne when he earned his first (and only) caps for Switzerland in a friendly against Denmark in Basel on 21 April 1924, helping his side to a 2–0 victory.{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/39593/Auguste_Kramer.html |title=Auguste Kramer (Player) |website=www.national-football-teams.com |access-date=8 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11259 |title=Auguste Kramer, international footballer |website=eu-football.info |access-date=8 April 2025}} Two of his brothers, Edmond and Georges, were also Swiss internationals, and all of them went on to play in France.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/zwit-players-in-fr.html |title=Swiss Players in France |publisher=RSSSF |date=27 March 2004 |access-date=8 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR19450412-01.2.78.2&srpos=15&e=-------en-20--1-byDA-img-txIN-%22Auguste+Kramer+Colombier%22~10-------0----- |title=Edmond Kramer |language=fr |website=www.e-newspaperarchives.ch |publisher=L'express |page=8 |date=12 April 1945 |access-date=8 April 2025}}
A few months later, Kramer moved to France, where he joined the ranks of {{ill|Gallia Club Lunel|fr}}, where he reunited with Edmond, and later Georges, who came from Sète. They stayed there for three years, until 1927, when they were signed by Montpellier.{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303092140/http://lelanguedocsportif.org/articles/histoire-du-sport/29-sp-history/47-le-football-heraultais |title=Le Football héraultais |language=fr |website=lelanguedocsportif.org |access-date=8 April 2025}} The Kramer brothers get along wonderfully, becoming the driving force behind the Montpellier team that won 1929 Coupe de France final at Colombes, with Auguste and Edmond scoring the goals of a 2–0 victory over Sète.{{cite web |url=http://www.om4ever.com/CoupeFrance/1920/Coupe1928-1929.html |title=Saison 1928-1929 Montpellier Vainqueur |trans-title=1928-1929 Season Montpellier Winner |language=fr |website=www.om4ever.com |access-date=8 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2014/01/23/football-coupe-et-l-on-se-prend-a-rever-d-un-sete-montpellier,812207.php |title=Coupe de France: et l'on se prend à rêver d'un Sète - MHSC |trans-title=French Cup: and we start dreaming of a Sète - MHSC |language=fr |website=www.midilibre.fr |date=23 January 2014 |access-date=8 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://mfe11.free.fr/histoire/volet1.htm |title=Volet n°1: la victoire en Coupe de France 1929 |trans-title=Part 1: Victory in the 1929 French Cup |language=fr |website=mfe11.free.fr |access-date=8 April 2025}} In the build-up to the final, Georges was suffering from jaundice, while Edmond was recovering from a muscle strain, but Auguste had just scored in each of the previous five rounds for a total of 12 of his team's 22 goals, including the opening goal of the final, which he scored after overcoming the tight marking from captain William Barrett.
After leaving Montpellier in 1930, Kramer joined SC Nîmes, with whom he played for two seasons, until 1932, and later played one last season at Villeurbanne in 1934–35.
Death
In 1945, Kramer was residing in Geneva, where he died on 8 July 1971, at the age of 70.{{cite web |url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1971_07_13/9/article/7210895/%22Auguste%20kramer%22~2 |title=Décés annoncés |trans-title=Deaths announced |language=fr |website=www.letempsarchives.ch |date=13 July 1971 |access-date=8 April 2025}}
Honours
References
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External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|auguste-kramer}}
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Category:Footballers from the canton of Neuchâtel
Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Switzerland men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:FC Biel-Bienne players