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
- Collingwood Captain 1958–59
- Collingwood Life Member
}}
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}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables | F/Frank_Tuck }}
- {{AustralianFootball | frank+tuck/7905 }}
References
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{{Collingwood Football Club captains}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuck, Frank}}
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Collingwood Football Club players
Category:Corowa Football Club players
Category:Corowa Football Club coaches
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