Harold Buck
Personal information
Full nameHarold Buck
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Hunslet 0 0 0 0 0
1921–26 Leeds 99 72 15 0 246
Total 99 72 15 0 246
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.[1] In November 1921, Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 player when he transferred from Hunslet to Leeds,[2] (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £152,100 in 2018).[3] Buck made his début for Leeds against Wigan at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 5 November 1921, he went on to play 99-matches for Leeds scoring 72-tries and 15-goals, for 246-points.[4] Buck played right wing, i.e. number 2, 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8][9][6]

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Andrew (20 August 1995). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "The History Of Rugby League". napit.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Dalby, Ken (1955). The Headingley Story - 1890-1955 - Volume One - Rugby. The Leeds Cricket, Football & Athletic Co. Ltd ASIN: B0018JNGVM
  5. ↑ "History of Leeds Rugby League Club". britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Profile at leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk". leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "A rare collection of Rugby League medals awarded to Harold Buck, comprising a 15ct gold and enamel". saleroom.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Leeds rugby league legend medals auction". Yorkshire Evening Post. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "On This Day - 14 December". therhinos.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


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