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| Full name | Harold Buck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harold Buck was an English professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at club level forHunslet andLeeds, as awing.
Buck started hisrugby league career withHunslet, making his debut in November 1912.[1]
In November 1921, Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 player when he transferred fromHunslet toLeeds,[2] Buck made his début forLeeds againstWigan atHeadingley,Leeds on Saturday 5 November 1921, he went on to play 99 matches for Leeds, scoring 72tries and 15goals, for 246 points.[3] Buck played on thewing and scored atry inLeeds' 28–3 victory overHull F.C. in the1922–23 Challenge Cup Final during the1922-23 season atBelle 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 theGreat Britain trial match in advance of the1924 Great Britain Lions tour, but Buck was ultimately not selected for the tour.[5] Harold Buck was thelandlord, and he and his wife, Florrie (née Fox), ran The Coburg Tavern at the junction of Woodhouse Lane and Claypit Lane, in Leeds.[6] TheLeeds 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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| Preceded by | Rugby League Transfer Record Hunslet toLeeds 1921-1937 | Succeeded by |
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