Craig Werner Buck (born August 24, 1958 in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

) is a former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player (position middle blocker) from the

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, who was a member of the American men's national team that won the gold medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

. He also competed and won the gold medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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* American men's volleyball players 1958 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball Volleyball players from Los Angeles Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics William Howard Taft Charter High School alumni Middle blockers Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub

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