Erich Eduard "Edi" Schönecker (January 21, 1885 – April 6, 1964) was an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n athlete, football (soccer) player, and architect

Architect

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. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics

1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

 in London

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In the 100 metres event

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres was the shortest of the sprint races at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The competition was held over the course of three days...

, Schönecker took fourth place in his first round heat and did not advance to the semifinals.

He placed third in his preliminary heat of the 200 metres cometition

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metre race was held for the third time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The competition was held from July 21, 1908 to July 23, 1908.43 sprinters from 15 nations competed.-Records:...

 to be eliminated from that event as well.

He played football for SK Rapid Wien

SK Rapid Wien

The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...

 and was able to win 1 cap for Austria

Austria national football team

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He is also well known for building sport stadiums. He designed the Stadium Pfarrwiese, which was the home of Rapid Wien until 1981. And he was responsible for the construction of the Hohe Warte Stadium

Hohe Warte Stadium

Hohe Warte Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vienna, Austria. It is located on the Hohe Warte hill in Heiligenstadt, a northern suburb in the 19th Viennese district of Döbling...

, which is the home of Austrias oldest football club First Vienna FC

First Vienna FC

First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there...

. This stadium was the biggest in Europe at this time and is still in use.