Otto Lowenstern

Otto Lowenstern
Personal information
Full name	Otto Lowenstern
Date of birth	December 7, 1888
Place of birth	Melbourne[1]
Date of death	December 1, 1917
Place of death	France
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1910-11	St Kilda	12 (1)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1911 season .

Otto Lowenstern (December 7, 1888 - December 1, 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lowenstern spent both the 1910 and 1911 seasons playing in the VFL. He only appeared once in 1910 but played 11 games in 1911 under coach Eddie Drohan.^[2]

He fought in World War I, with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) regiment of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Lowenstern was killed while fighting in France on December 1, 1917 and is buried at Vimy Memorial at Pas-de-Calais.^[3]

References

1. ^ AFL Record, Round 5 2009, "The ultimate sacrifice", Page 4, Peter Di Sisto
2. ^ "Otto Lowenstern". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/O/Otto_Lowenstern.html. 
3. ^ "In memory of Sergeant Otto Lowenstern". Veterans Affairs Canada. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=1570700. 

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Name	Lowenstern, Otto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 7, 1888
Place of birth	Melbourne
Date of death	December 1, 1917
Place of death	France