{{Short description|German rugby union player}} {{notability|sports|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Richard Ludwig | image = Rugby1 1900.jpg | caption = Germany, represented by FC 1880 Frankfurt, at the 1900 Summer Olympics | birth_name = Richard Ludwig | nickname = | birth_date = 22 May 1877 | birth_place = Frankfurt, German Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1946|8|10|1877|5|22|df=yes}} | death_place = Königstein im Taunus, Allied-occupied Germany | height = | weight = | ru_position = Flanker | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = FC 1880 Frankfurt | ru_amupdate = | years1 = | clubs1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | ru_clubupdate = | repyears1 = | repteam1 = | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | ru_ntupdate = | ru_sevensnationalyears1 = | ru_sevensnationalteam1 = | ru_sevensnationalcaps(points) = | ru_sevensupdate = | ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | other = | occupation = | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = | university = | medals = {{MedalSport|Men's rugby union}} {{MedalCountry | Germany }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1900 Paris | Team competition }} }}
'''Richard Ludwig''' (22 May 1877 – 10 August 1946) was a German rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18064 |title=Richard Ludwig |work=Olympedia |accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> He was a member of the German rugby union team, which won the silver medal. Germany was represented at the tournament by the FC 1880 Frankfurt rather than an official national team.<ref>[http://www.rugby-verband.de/cms/index.php?id=75 Die Gründerjahre des deutschen Rugbysports] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025044353/http://www.rugby-verband.de/cms/index.php?id=75 |date=2007-10-25 }} {{in lang|de}} DRV website - Foundation years, accessed: 3 April 2010</ref> He is the brother of Erich Ludwig, who also played at the 1900 tournament.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223613/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/erich-ludwig-1.html Erich Ludwig profile at sports-reference.com], accessed: 4 April 2010</ref>
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==External links== *{{sports links}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|lu/richard-ludwig-1}} {{Germany rugby union squad 1900 Summer Olympics}} {{Authority control}}
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