[1] Otway was unable to play a WANFL game while at Swan Districts and had to wait until he switched to East Perth to make his senior debut.
[2] He was a member of East Perth's 1978 premiership team and in 1980 won their "Best and Fairest", the F. D. Book Medal.
[4] A rover, he missed only one game during the season and was Essendon's second most prolific goal-kicker with 46 goals, three short of Simon Madden.
[4] He had played one of his best games when he made his debut in the opening round of the season, against Footscray at Windy Hill.
[4] In the Brownlow Medal count at the end of the year he finished with nine votes, the equal third most by an Essendon player.