Willard Schmidt

basketball player (1910–1965)

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Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: February 14, 1910
Date of death: April 13, 1965
Place of birth: Swanton
Place of death: Coffeyville
Country of citizenship: United States^[6]
Occupation: basketball player
Educated at: Creighton University^[8]
Citizenship: United States
Country for sport: United States^[16]
Family name: Schmidt^[13]
Given name: Willard^[14]
Height: 205.0^[18]
Mass: 190.0^[19]
Member of sports team: Creighton Bluejays men's basketball^[10]
Name in native language: Willard Schmidt^[17]
Native language: English^[7]
Participant in: 1936 Summer Olympics^[15]
Position played on team / speciality: center^[11]
Sport: basketball^[12]
Sports discipline competed in: basketball^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 8

Basketball Reference international player ID: willard-schmidt-1
DatabaseOlympics.com athlete ID (archived): SCHMIWIL01
FIBA.basketball people ID: 194564
Freebase ID: /m/02rg03h
Olympedia people ID: 7070
Olympics.com athlete ID: willard-theodore-schmidt
Prabook ID: 1745209
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): sc/willard-schmidt-1

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🔗 Connections

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Creighton University

Family name 1

Schmidt

Instance of 1

human

Native language 1

English

Occupation 1

basketball player

Participant in 1

1936 Summer Olympics

Place of birth 1

Swanton

Place of death 1

Coffeyville

Position played on team / speciality 1

center

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

basketball

Sports discipline competed in 1

basketball

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Summary

Willard Schmidt's place of birth was Swanton^[1]. He was born on February 14, 1910^[2]. He passed away in Coffeyville^[3]. He died on April 13, 1965^[4]. He worked as a basketball player^[5].

FAQs

Where was Willard Schmidt born?

Willard Schmidt's place of birth was Swanton^[1].

Where did Willard Schmidt die?

Willard Schmidt died in Coffeyville^[3].

What did Willard Schmidt do for work?

Willard Schmidt worked as basketball player^[5].

Where did Willard Schmidt go to school?

Willard Schmidt was educated at Creighton University^[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Willard Schmidt — place of birth (P19): Swanton. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Willard Schmidt — place of death (P20): Coffeyville. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Willard Schmidt — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Willard Schmidt — country of citizenship (P27): United States. FIBA database. Retrieved 2025-06-05. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Willard Schmidt — member of sports team (P54): Creighton Bluejays men's basketball. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Willard Schmidt — educated at (P69): Creighton University. Retrieved 2021-04-21. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Willard Schmidt — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Willard Schmidt — occupation (P106): basketball player. Basketball Reference. Retrieved 2022-04-23. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Willard Schmidt — position played on team / speciality (P413): center. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Willard Schmidt — date of birth (P569): February 14, 1910. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Willard Schmidt — date of death (P570): April 13, 1965. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Willard Schmidt — sport (P641): basketball. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Willard Schmidt — family name (P734): Schmidt. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Willard Schmidt — given name (P735): Willard. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Willard Schmidt — participant in (P1344): 1936 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Willard Schmidt — country for sport (P1532): United States. FIBA database. Retrieved 2025-06-05. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Willard Schmidt — name in native language (P1559): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Willard Schmidt'}. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Willard Schmidt — height (P2048): 205 cm. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Willard Schmidt — mass (P2067): 190 pounds. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Willard Schmidt — sports discipline competed in (P2416): basketball. wikidata.org.

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