About Otto Buck
Born 1876. Otto Buck was an australian rules football player.
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.
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