Otto Buck Explained

Otto Buck
Fullname:	Samuel Otto John Buck
Birth Date:	15 November 1876
Birth Place:	St Arnaud, Victoria
Position:	Half Forward
Statsend:	1897
Years1:	1897
Games Goals1:	3 (0)

Samuel Otto John Buck (born 15 November 1876) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1] He had previously been a member of Carlton's 1896 VFA team.^[2]

Family

The son of the watchmaker Francis James Buck (1849-1916),^[3] and Ann Elizabeth "Nettie" Buck (1846-1897), née Sparks,^[4] Samuel Otto John Buck was born at St Arnaud, Victoria on 15 November 1876.^[5]

He married Florence Loveday Hince (1880-1902) in 1897.^[6] He married Cecilia Hickey (1882-) in 1904.^[7]

Football

He was a member of the Carlton team that played against Fitzroy in the first game of the first VFL season, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 8 May 1897.

See also

• List of Carlton Football Club players

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

External links

• • • Otto Buck's profile at Blueseum

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.104.
2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.108.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155160475 Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 July 1916), p.1.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190657065 Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 25 May 1897), p.1.
5. Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration no.5473/1877.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187629394 Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 September 1902), p.1.
7. Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration no.3754/1904.