Harold Buck
{{short description|English rugby league footballer}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
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| club1 = Hunslet
| year1start = 1912
| year1end = 21
| appearances1 = 0
| tries1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
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| club2 = Leeds
| year2start = 1921
| year2end = 26
| appearances2 = 99
| tries2 = 72
| goals2 = 15
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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 {{rlp|wg}}.
Biography
Buck started his rugby league career with Hunslet, making his debut in November 1912.{{cite web |title=Hunslet RLFC Heritage Numbers |url=https://hunsletrlfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Doc1909-12-and-1912-15-1.pdf |publisher=Hunslet RLFC |access-date=14 October 2024}}
In November 1921, Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 player when he transferred from Hunslet to Leeds,{{cite news | last =Baker | first =Andrew | title =100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era | newspaper = Independent, The | publisher =independent.co.uk | date =1995-08-20 | url =https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/100-years-of-rugby-league-from-the-great-divide-to-the-super-era-1597130.html | accessdate =2009-09-25}} 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.Dalby, Ken (1955). The Headingley Story - 1890-1955 - Volume One - Rugby. The Leeds Cricket, Football & Athletic Co. Ltd ASIN: B0018JNGVM Buck played on the {{rlp|wg}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk/2005/12/history-of-leeds-rugby-league-club.html|title=History of Leeds Rugby League Club|publisher=britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013|archive-date=16 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182749/http://britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk/2005/12/history-of-leeds-rugby-league-club.html|url-status=dead}} 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. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/auction-catalogues/adampartridge/catalogue-id-adam-p10036/lot-82d6f102-e24c-4197-b975-a43d013e4126|title=A rare collection of Rugby League medals awarded to Harold Buck, comprising a 15ct gold and enamel|publisher=saleroom.com|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/yep125/leeds-rugby-league-legend-medals-auction-1-6117009|title=Leeds rugby league legend medals auction|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2006/12/14/on-this-day-403/
|title=On This Day - 14 December|publisher=therhinos.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk/leedsrhinos/pastplayers/squad-page.asp?ID=144|title=Profile at leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk|publisher=leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117154711/http://leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk/leedsrhinos/pastplayers/squad-page.asp?ID=144|archivedate=17 November 2008}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Buck Search for "Buck" at rugbyleagueproject.org]
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|before = Billy Batten
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Hunslet to Leeds
|years = 1921-1937
|after = Vic Hey
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{{Leeds Rhinos Millennium Greats}}
{{Leeds - 1922–23 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
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Category:English rugby league players
Category:Hunslet F.C. (1883) players
Category:Rugby articles needing expert attention
Category:Rugby league players from Leeds
Category:Year of death missing
Category:Year of birth missing
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