Otto Landmann Explained
| Otto Landmann |
| Fullname: | Otto Bismarck Landmann |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Richmond, Victoria |
| Position: | Full forward |
| Guernsey: | 0 |
| Statsend: | 1911 |
| Years1: | 1907–10 |
| Club1: | (VFL) |
| Games Goals1: | 27 (34) |
| Years2: | 1910 |
| Club2: | (VFL) |
| Games Goals2: | 2 (1) |
| Years3: | 1911 |
| Club3: | Brighton (VFA) |
| Games Goals3: | 2 (0) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 31 (35) |
Otto Bismarck Landmann[1] (31 August 1888 - 7 November 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL),[2] and with Brighton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Family
The son of Frank Landmann, and Sara Landmann, née Hetherington, Otto Bismarck Landmann was born in Warrnambool on 31 August 1888.
He married Mary Gertrude Thompson (1903-1984) in 1937.
Football
Essendon (VFL)
Recruited from Warrnambool in 1907,[3] he played 27 senior matches for Essendon, as full-forward, kicking a total of 34 goals, including seven of Essendon's eight goals in its 8.11 (59) to 6.9 (45) victory over South Melbourne on 13 June 1908.[4]
He was selected in a representative VFL team that played against a combined Ballarat side, at the MCG on 8 June 1907.[5] In a very one-sided match -- VFL 25.20 (170) to Ballarat 3.7 (25) -- he kicked three goals.[6]
Melbourne (VFL)
Cleared from Essendon in 1910, he played two senior matches that season for Melbourne in the VFL.[7]
Brighton (VFA)
In 1911 he was granted a clearance from Melbourne to play with Brighton in the VFA.[8]
Death
He died on 7 November 1975.[9]
References
- 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.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.
External links
Notes and References
- Note that many of the contemporary newspaper accounts mistakenly have his family name as Landemann.
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.497.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242556749 Football: Essendon, The Herald, (Friday, 19 April 1907), p.4
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10647035 "Observer", "'Same Old Essendon': A Goal-Kicking Feat", The Argus, (Monday, 15 July 1908), p.4.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10639995 Football: Victorian League, The Argus, (Thursday, 6 June 1907), p.7.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198611884 Victorian League (25.20) Beat Ballarat (3.7), The Age, (Monday, 10 June 1907), p.6.
- Web site: Australian Football. australianfootball.com . 22 September 2023.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196202544 Football: Victorian League, (Thursday, 18 May 1911), p.10.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qdInAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6877%2C2779758 Deaths: Landmann, The Age, (Wednesday, 12 November 1975), p.28.
