George Schildmiller

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1882–1947)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = George Schildmiller

| image = Schildmiller-George-1910.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Schildmiller in 1910

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|1|9}}

| birth_place = Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date|1944|12|19}}

| death_place = Alsace, France

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1905–1908

| player_team1 = Dartmouth

| player_positions = End

| coach_years1 = 1909

| coach_team1 = Maine

| coach_years2 = 1910

| coach_team2 = Oregon Agricultural

| overall_record = 6–6–2

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards = Consensus All-American (1908)

| coaching_records =

}}

George Henry Schildmiller (January 9, 1882 – December 19, 1947) was an American college football player and coach. He played for Dartmouth College and coached at the University of Maine in 1909 and at Oregon State University in 1910.

Early life and playing career

Schildmiller was born on January 9, 1882, in Brattleboro, Vermont.{{cite book |title=General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910 |last=Emerson |first=Charles Franklin |year=1911 |publisher=Rumford Press |location=Concord, New Hampshire |page=450 |url=https://archive.org/stream/generalcatalogue00dart#page/450/mode/2up |access-date=October 31, 2011}} He played football and basketball at Dartmouth College. In 1908, he was named to the College Football All-America Team. He was also a letter winner for the basketball team in the 1906–07 and 1907–08 seasons.{{cite web|url=http://dartmouthsports.com/pdf3/54963.pdf?SPSID=48793&SPID=4703&DB_OEM_ID=11600|title=Dartmouth Basketball Media Guide|pages=68 |access-date=January 10, 2008}}

Coaching career

At the conclusion of his playing career, Schildmiller coached at the University of Maine. He remained at Maine for one season and posted a record of 3–4–1.

In 1910, Schildmiller came to Corvallis, Oregon to become the head football coach at Oregon State, known then as Oregon Agricultural College. He coached for only one season at OSU as well and posted a record of 3–2–1.

Personal life

Schildmiller lived in the Cincinnati metro area during the 1930s and 1940s, where his daughter, Dorothy "Dolly" Schildmiller, was a top-level competitive golfer, winning the city golf championship five times.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33978777/golf_champion_dorothy_dolly/ "Golf Champion Married in New York Ceremony,"] Cincinnati Enquirer, Jan. 4, 1947, p. 7. His son, George A. Schildmiller, enlisted in the Army shortly after the start of World War II and died in Alsace, France on December 19, 1944.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33978733/george_h_schildmiller_jr_killed_in/ "Seven Men Lay Down Lives,"] Cincinnati Enquirer, Jan. 6, 1945, pg. 6. The young lieutenant was posthumously awarded a silver star for bravery when he was killed exposing himself to target an enemy tank.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33978912/heroism_is_cited_after_death_george/ "Heroism is Cited After Death,"] Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. 13, 1945, p. 10.