Charles Buchwald
Charles von Buchwald was a Danish amateur football player, who played seven games as a defender for the football team">Association football">football team. He won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal with the unofficial Danish team at the 1906 Intercalated Games. In his club career, Buchwald played for Danish teams ØB and AB.
Biography
Buchwald's parents were August Detlev Friis Buchwald, owner of the estate Friisholt, and Johanne Marie Charlotte von Arenstorff, and he belonged to an old a noble family from Holstein. He had a career as a lawyer.He represented Denmark at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, participating in the unofficial football tournament, which Denmark won. He took part in the very first official match of the Danish national team at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics] in London, as Denmark won 9–0 against France B. He played all three Danish games at the tournament and played a crucial role in helping the team win the silver medal. Four years later, [Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|in the football tournament of the 1912 Olympics] in Stockholm, Buchwald once again played all three games. In the final game, against Great Britain, Buchwald was injured in the 30th minute of the game, with Denmark trailing Great Britain 1–2. As the rules did not allow substitutions, Denmark finished the game with one man less, losing 2–4.