Otto Buck

Otto Buck
Personal information
Full name Samuel Otto John Buck
Born (1876-11-15)15 November 1876
St Arnaud, Victoria
Position 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

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

Family

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

He married Florence Loveday Hince (1880–1902) in 1897. 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

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. ↑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration no.5473/1877.
  6. ↑ Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 September 1902), p.1.
  7. ↑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration no.3754/1904.

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