Otto O'Pelt

Otto O'Pelt
Personal information
Full name Otto Albert O'Pelt
Date of birth (1888-02-12)12 February 1888
Place of birth Port Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 11 July 1963(1963-07-11) (aged 75)
Place of death Camberwell, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 St Kilda 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Otto Albert O'Pelt (12 February 1888 – 11 July 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Julius Richard Opelt (1849-1915),[2] and Rosa Opelt (1864-1947), née Drews, Otto Albert Opelt was born at Port Melbourne on 12 February 1888.[3]

Football

One of nine new players in the team, Opelt played his only First XVIII match for St Kilda against Carlton, at Princes park, on 29 July 1911. They were required because many of the regular St Kilda First XVIII players were on strike.

The other new players were: Alby Bowtell, Roy Cazaly, Claude Crowl, Peter Donnelly, Alf Hammond, Rowley Smith, Tom Soutar, and Bill Ward — and, including that match, and ignoring Harrie Hattam (16 games), Bert Pierce (41 games), and Bill Woodcock (65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.673.
  2. ^ In Memoriam: Opelt, The Argus, (Friday, 24 March 1922), p.1.
  3. ^ His birth was registered as "Albert Otto Opelt".

References

  • 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.
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