Oscar Brockmeyer

Oscar Brockmeyer
Personal information
Full name Oscar Bernard Brockmeyer
Date of birth November 13, 1883
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904 Christian Brothers College
1905 University of Missouri
National team
1904 U.S. Soccer Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Olympic medal record
Men's Soccer
1904 St. Louis Team competition

Oscar Bernard Brockmeyer (November 13, 1883 – January 10, 1954) was an American amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was the son of Dora (Luebbering) and Bernard Henry Brockmeyer, His Grandparents moved from Glane, Germany to St. Louis, Missouri. He had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. He is also the grandson of Johann Friedrich Lübbering.

In 1904 he was a member of the Christian Brothers College team, which won the silver medal in the soccer tournament. He played all four matches as a defender. Oscar graduated in 1904 at C.B.C and went to Missouri University at Columbia, he had a scholarship there, and played soccer for the Varsity in 1905.

When he came home, he went to work at the City Hall of St. Louis as a draftsman.

Personal life

He married Florence Louise Hoevel (1883–1952) and they had the following children:

  • Oscar Bernard Brockmeyer, jr. (1919–1984),
  • Charles E. Brockmeyer (1922–1978).


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