Background
Geimer grew up in Saint Louis and attended Saint Louis University where he played both soccer and baseball.
Geimer grew up in Saint Louis and attended Saint Louis University where he played both soccer and baseball.
Geimer grew up in Saint Louis and attended Saint Louis University where he played both soccer and baseball. He was a two year letterman on the baseball team in 1969 and 1970, but gained his greatest fame on the soccer field He was a member of the Billiken’s soccer team from 1967 to 1969, starting the last two years.
In 1967 and then again in 1969, the Billikins took the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Soccer Championship.
In 2004, Saint Louis University inducted Geimer into the school’s Hall of Fame.
He also earned six caps, scoring two goals, with the United States in 1972 and 1973. After leaving Saint Louis University, Geimer played with of the Saint Louis Municipal Leagues. In 1971, the Saint Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League () drafted Geimer.
He played with the Stars for five seasons.
In 1972 the Stars went to the championship only to fall to the New York Cosmos. However, to get there, the Stars defeated the Rochester Lancers 2-0 in the semi-finals with one goal coming from Geimer.
Geimer’s most productive season came in 1973 when he finished fourth on the scoring list with ten goals and five assists. At the end of the 1975 season, the Stars traded Geimer to the Boston Minutemen.
He began the 1976 season with the Boston Minutemen, but was traded to the Chicago Sting after ten games.
He finished the 1976 season, then spent the 1977 season with the Sting. In 1978, Geimer joined the Cincinnati Kids for the first season of a new indoor soccer league, the Major Indoor Soccer League (). He set a regular season record with seven goals in a game, a record later broken by Steve Zungul.
Geimer earned his first cap with the United States. national team in an August 20, 1972 loss to Canada.
He scored in his second game with the national team nine days later when the United States. tied Canada 2-2 on goals from Geimer and Willy Royal Geimer played two more games that year, scoring again in a 2-1 loss to Mexico on September 10.
His last game with the national team came in an October 16, 1973 loss to Mexico.
He was a member of the Billiken’s soccer team from 1967 to 1969, starting the last two years.