It was great to see Arie Shoenmaker's debut. Tall, blond and with German name.
It got me thinking which other players we've had with German ancestors.
Carl Ditterich and Nick Riewoldt immediately spring to mind, also tall and blond.
Stewie Leowe, Adam Schnieder, Troy Schwartz .. any others?
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Re: German heritage
The name is Dutch actually, from ‘shoemaker’
The German equivalent would be Schumacher
The German equivalent would be Schumacher
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Re: German heritage
Herr Schickelgruber's descendants send their greetings from Argentina.
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Re: German heritage
I think you've nailed most of them, Big Max. Being of German heritage, I've also had an interest in who our players with teutonic roots are.Big Max wrote: ↑Sat 15 Jun 2024 12:19pm It was great to see Arie Shoenmaker's debut. Tall, blond and with German name.
It got me thinking which other players we've had with German ancestors
Carl Ditterich and Nick Riewoldt immediately spring to mind, also tall and blond.
Stewie Leowe, Adam Schnieder, Troy Schwartz .. any others?
To add to your list I would suggest Fraser Gehrig, Peter Kiel, Don Discher and Brett Voss. We're starting to assemble a decent side. Feel free to add to it, forumites.
That is an order! Only kidding
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Re: German heritage
A few others who might have German heritage
Jeff Fehring
Steve Gaertner
Sean Dempster
Jarrod Lienert
Beau Maister
Dylan Pfitzner
Daniel Wulf
Jeff Fehring
Steve Gaertner
Sean Dempster
Jarrod Lienert
Beau Maister
Dylan Pfitzner
Daniel Wulf
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Re: German heritage
Gehrig was a fairly common name around Zürich. I know for a while after he retired he was living in Schaffhausen on the German border.
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Re: German heritage
Here's a couple of old timers
Wels Eicke
Billy Schmidt
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