Career
He previously played with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. He also captained Australia in an under 17s International Rules Test against Ireland. He was taken by Fremantle later that year with the club"s first selection (no 13 overall) in the National Draft.
Having moved into a defensive role in 2006, he played in 24 of Fremantle"s 25 games in 2006, before he was missed the first half of the 2007 season due to suffering a burst appendix and a subsequent bowel blockage during his recovery period.
He only missed one game in 2008 and in 2009, during the most consistent season of his career, he signed a two-year contract extension. However Schammer struggled to maintain his place in the Fremantle side in 2010 and 2011, playing only three games in 2010 and two in 2011, despite playing well for Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
In August 2011, the week after playing his first American Federation of Labor-Congress game for the season, Schammer announced his retirement from the American Federation of Labor-Congress. He will continue to play in the WAFL and will focus on his work as a stockbroker.