# Otto Silber

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{{short description|Estonian footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Otto Silber
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|fullname       = 
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1893|3|17|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [Tallinn](/source/Tallinn), [Governorate of Estonia](/source/Governorate_of_Estonia), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire)
|death_date     = {{death date and age|1940|12|23|1893|3|17|df=yes}}
|death_place    = [Saue](/source/Saue), [Estonian SSR](/source/Estonian_SSR), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
|nationalyears1 = 1920–1926
|nationalteam1  = [Estonia](/source/Estonia_national_football_team)
|nationalcaps1  = 20
|nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Otto Silber''' (17 March 1893 &ndash; 23 December 1940) was an Estonian [footballer](/source/association_football). He competed in the [men's tournament](/source/Football_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics) at the [1924 Summer Olympics](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/otto-silber-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/otto-silber-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Otto Silber Olympic Results |access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24975 |title=Otto Silber |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

Silber participated in the first official football game between Tallinn clubs JS Meteor and Merkur on 6 April 1909 (on the Meteor side). A [defender](/source/defender_(association_football)), Silber played in the [Estonia national football team](/source/Estonia_national_football_team) between 1920 and 1926, captaining Estonia's first international match against [Finland](/source/Finland_national_football_team) in 1920. He was a founder player in the club [Tallinna JK](/source/Tallinna_JK_F.C.) from 1921 to 1925, later becoming a board member. He was also a [referee](/source/referee_(association_football)).<ref name=ESBL>[http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Otto_Silber] Otto Silber, ESBL biography, in Estonian.</ref>

Silber, a former soldier in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) and [Estonian War of Independence](/source/Estonian_War_of_Independence), was, following the Soviet annexation of his country in 1940, arrested by the [NKVD](/source/NKVD) and executed in [Saue](/source/Saue), Estonia in December 1940 aged 47,<ref name=ESBL/> although he was alternatively reported to have died in a motor car accident.<ref name=olympedia/> He is buried in the [Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn](/source/Defence_Forces_Cemetery_of_Tallinn), Estonia.<ref name=ESBL/>

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{{Estonia football squad 1924 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:1893 births
Category:1940 deaths
Category:Estonian men's footballers
Category:Estonia men's international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Estonia
Category:Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers from Tallinn
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Estonian people executed by the Soviet Union

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