Otto Luedeke Explained

Otto Luedeke
Birth Date:8 July 1916
Birth Place:Union City, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Palm Bay, Florida, U.S.

Otto H. Luedeke (July 8, 1916  - October 20, 2005) was an American cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1] Luedeke was a veteran of the U.S. Army and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[2]

His son, Raymond Luedeke, is a composer and clarinetist, who for many years was Associate Principal Clarinet with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and who presently lives in New York City, where he is artistic director of Voice Afire Opera-Cabaret.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Otto Luedeke Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062748/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/otto-luedeke-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . July 6, 2014 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: Grave Locator . Arlington National Cemetery . July 6, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418081700/http://public.mapper.army.mil/ANC/ANCWeb/PublicWMV/ancWeb.html . April 18, 2015 .
  3. Web site: Canadian Who's Who Raymond Luedeke.