Harold Buck

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Harold Buck
Personal information
Full nameHarold Buck
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1912–21 Hunslet 00000
1921–26 Leeds 9972150246
Total9972150246
As of 22 April 2021

Harold Buck was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at club level for Hunslet and Leeds, as a wing.

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Biography

Buck started his rugby league career with Hunslet, making his debut in November 1912. [1]

In November 1921, Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 player when he transferred from Hunslet to Leeds, [2] Buck made his début for Leeds against Wigan at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 5 November 1921, he went on to play 99 matches for Leeds, scoring 72 tries and 15 goals, for 246 points. [3] Buck played on the wing and scored a try in Leeds' 28–3 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1922–23 Challenge Cup Final during the 1922-23 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield, the only occasion the Challenge Cup final has ever been staged at Belle Vue. [4] In 1924 Harold Buck made a replacement appearance in the Great Britain trial match in advance of the 1924 Great Britain Lions tour, but Buck was ultimately not selected for the tour. [5] Harold Buck was the landlord, and he and his wife, Florrie (née Fox), ran The Coburg Tavern at the junction of Woodhouse Lane and Claypit Lane, in Leeds. [6] The Leeds backline in the early 1920s was known as the Busy Bs, as it included; Jim Bacon, Arthur Binks, Billy Bowen, Joe Brittain, and Harold Buck. [7] [8] [5]

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Achievements
Preceded by Rugby League Transfer Record
Hunslet to Leeds

1921-1937
Succeeded by