Otto Landmann

Otto Bismarck Landmann[1] (31 August 1888 – 7 November 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL),[2] and with Brighton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Otto Landmann
Personal information
Full name Otto Bismarck Landmann
Date of birth (1888-08-31)31 August 1888
Place of birth Warrnambool, Victoria
Date of death 7 November 1975(1975-11-07) (aged 87)
Place of death Richmond, Victoria
Position(s) Full forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907–10 Essendon (VFL) 27 (34)
1910 Melbourne (VFL) 02 (1)
1911 Brighton (VFA) 02 (0)
Total 31 (35)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Frank Landmann, and Sara Landmann, née Hetherington, Otto Bismarck Landmann was born in Warrnambool on 31 August 1888.

He married Mary Gertrude Thompson (1903-1984) in 1937.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

Recruited from Warrnambool in 1907,[3] he played 27 senior matches for Essendon, as full-forward, kicking a total of 34 goals, including seven of Essendon's eight goals in its 8.11 (59) to 6.9 (45) victory over South Melbourne on 13 June 1908.[4]

He was selected in a representative VFL team that played against a combined Ballarat side, at the MCG on 8 June 1907.[5] In a very one-sided match -- VFL 25.20 (170) to Ballarat 3.7 (25) -- he kicked three goals.[6]

Melbourne (VFL)

Cleared from Essendon in 1910, he played two senior matches that season for Melbourne in the VFL.[7]

Brighton (VFA)

In 1911 he was granted a clearance from Melbourne to play with Brighton in the VFA.[8]

Death

He died on 7 November 1975.[9]

Notes
  1. Note that many of the contemporary newspaper accounts mistakenly have his family name as Landemann.
  2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.497.
  3. Football: Essendon, The Herald, (Friday, 19 April 1907), p.4; Football: Preparatory Matches, The Argus, (Monday, 22 April 1907), p.4.
  4. "Observer", "'Same Old Essendon': A Goal-Kicking Feat", The Argus, (Monday, 15 July 1908), p.4.
  5. Football: Victorian League, The Argus, (Thursday, 6 June 1907), p.7.
  6. Victorian League (25.20) Beat Ballarat (3.7), The Age, (Monday, 10 June 1907), p.6.
  7. "Australian Football". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  8. Football: Victorian League, (Thursday, 18 May 1911), p.10.
  9. Deaths: Landmann, The Age, (Wednesday, 12 November 1975), p.28.

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.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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