Samuel Otto John Buck (born 15 November 1876) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.104. He had previously been a member of Carlton's 1896 VFA team.Holmesby & Main (2014), p.108.
Family The son of the watchmaker Francis James Buck (1849–1916),Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 July 1916), p.1. and Ann Elizabeth "Nettie" Buck (1846–1897), née Sparks,Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 25 May 1897), p.1. Samuel Otto John Buck was born at St Arnaud, Victoria on 15 November 1876.Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration no.5473/1877.
He married Florence Loveday Hince (1880–1902) in 1897.Deaths: Buck, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 September 1902), p.1. He married Cecilia Hickey (1882-) in 1904.Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration no.3754/1904.
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
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External links
Otto Buck's profile at Blueseum