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
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(VFL).
Family
The son of Julius Richard Opelt (1849-1915), and Rosa Opelt (1864-1947), née Drews, Otto Albert Opelt was born at Port Melbourne on 12 February 1888.
[His birth was registered as "Albert Otto Opelt".]
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
Claude Terrell Crowl (26 December 1892 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League.
He was a member of the First AIF, and was killed in action during the landing at Anza ...
,
Peter Donnelly
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,
Alf Hammond,
Rowley Smith,
Tom Soutar
Thomas William Soutar (16 March 1893 – 14 June 1981) was a professional athlete and an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Thomas Soutar, and Margaret Soutar, née ...
, and
Bill Ward — and, including that match, and ignoring
Harrie Hattam (16 games),
Bert Pierce (41 games), and
Bill Woodcock
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(65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.
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1888 births
1963 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
St Kilda Football Club players
People from Port Melbourne
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