Louis "Lou" Otten (November 5, 1883 in

Rijswijk Rijswijk (), formerly known as Ryswick ( ) in English, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was in , and it has an area of , of which is water. The municipality also includes th ...

– November 7, 1946 in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

) was a Dutch

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who competed in the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

. He was a member of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. Otten was elected a corresponding member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

in 1934.

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1883 births 1946 deaths Association football defenders Dutch footballers Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Netherlands international footballers People from Rijswijk Olympic medalists in football Footballers from South Holland {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub