Otto Buck

Otto Buck
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Otto John Buck
Date of birth	(1876-11-15)15 November 1876
Place of birth	St Arnaud, Victoria
Position(s)	Half Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897	Carlton	3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Otto 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.

He married Florence Loveday Hince (1880-1902) in 1897. ^[5] He married Cecilia Hickey (1882-) in 1904.

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

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.104.
2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.108.
3. Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 July 1916), p.1.
4. Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 25 May 1897), p.1.
5. Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 September 1902), p.1.

References

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

External links

• Otto Buck's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Otto Buck at AustralianFootball.com
• Otto Buck's profile at Blueseum