Frank Tuck

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Frank Tuck

| image = Frank Tuck.jpg

| caption = Tuck during his Collingwood career

| fullname = Francis Henry Tuck

| birth_date = {{Birth date |1931|7|24|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|1|1931|7|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Corowa, New South Wales{{cite web |url=http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/notice/300752012/view?random=1529455140537 |title=Tribute:Frank Tuck |publisher=Herald Sun}}

| originalteam = Strathmerton

| debutdate = 1950

| debutteam = Collingwood

| debutopponent = Carlton

| debutstadium = Victoria Park, Melbourne

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 78 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1959

| years1 = 1950–1959

| club1 = Collingwood

| games_goals1 = 131 (34)

| careerhighlights = * Collingwood 3rd best and fairest 1957

}}

Francis Henry Tuck (24 July 1931 – 1 July 2016) was an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a member of the famous Collingwood half-back line of Lucas, Kingston, and Tuck.

After VFL football, he was captain-coach of Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League from 1960 to 1964, and then he bought a butcher business in Birchip, Victoria.

Tuck died on 1 July 2016 aged 84.{{cite news |

url=http://tributes.bordermail.com.au/obituaries/bordermail-au/obituary.aspx?n=francis-henry-tuck-frank&pid=180519639 | title=Francis Henry (Frank) Tuck (obituary) | newspaper=The Border Mail | accessdate=3 July 2016}}

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