William Seiling

Full name: William Bernard Seiling
Gender: Male
Born: May 28, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: January 5, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Affiliations: Southwest Turnverein, St. Louis (USA)
Country: United States
Sport: Tug-Of-War

Medals: 1 Silver (1 Total)

Biography

William Seiling was a member of the #1 team from the St. Louis Southwest Tumverein that won the silver medals in the 1904 tug-of-war event. He was well known as a local strongman and from 1895 to 1905 he was undefeated in local beer barrell lifting contests. He later opened a successful furniture store in St. Louis. [Henry Seiling] competed for the Milwaukee AC in the 1904 tug-of-war, but there does not appear to be any relationship.

Results

Games	Age	City	Sport	Event	Team	NOC	Rank	Medal
1904 Summer	40	St. Louis	Tug-Of-War	Men's Tug-Of-War	St. Louis Southwest Turnverein #1-2	USA	2	Silver

Men's Tug-Of-War

Event History

Games	Age	City	Sport	Team	NOC	Phase	Unit	Rank	Date	Result
1904 Summer	40	St. Louis	Tug-Of-War	St. Louis Southwest Turnverein #1-2	USA	Round One	Match #2	1	1904-08-31	Upshaw (USA) , Seiling (USA) , Rose (USA) , Rodenberg (USA) , Braun (USA) , Metalos (GRE) , Kakousis (GRE) , Georgopoulos (GRE) , Georgantas (GRE) , Dimitrakopoulos (GRE)
1904 Summer	40	St. Louis	Tug-Of-War	St. Louis Southwest Turnverein #1-2	USA	Semi-Finals	Match #1	2	1904-08-31	Seiling (USA) , Olson (USA) , Magnusson (USA) , Johnson (USA) , Flanagan (USA) , Upshaw (USA) , Seiling (USA) , Rose (USA) , Rodenberg (USA) , Braun (USA)
1904 Summer	40	St. Louis	Tug-Of-War	St. Louis Southwest Turnverein #1-2	USA	Classification Round 2-3	Match #1	1	1904-09-01	Upshaw (USA) , Seiling (USA) , Rose (USA) , Rodenberg (USA) , Braun (USA) , Thias (USA) , Jacobs (USA) , Haberkorn (USA) , Friede (USA) , Kugler (GER)
1904 Summer	40	St. Louis	Tug-Of-War	St. Louis Southwest Turnverein #1-2	USA	Classification Round 2-3	Match #2	1	1904-09-01	Upshaw (USA) , Seiling (USA) , Rose (USA) , Rodenberg (USA) , Braun (USA) , Mitchel (USA) , Jones (USA) , Feuerbach (USA) , Dieges (USA) , Chadwick (USA)

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