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 .
In November 1921, Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 player when he transferred from
Hunslet to
Leeds,
(based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £152,100 in 2018).
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.
[Dalby, Ken (1955). ''The Headingley Story - 1890-1955 - Volume One - Rugby''. The Leeds Cricket, Football & Athletic Co. Ltd ASIN: B0018JNGVM] Buck played , i.e. number 2, and scored a
try in
Leeds' 28-3 victory over
Hull F.C. in the
1922–23 Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...
Final during the
1922-23 season at Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue, Wakefield, the only occasion the Challenge Cup final has ever been staged at Belle Vue.
In 1924 Harold Buck made a replacement appearance in the Great Britain national rugby league team, 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#Licensed victualler, landlord, and he and his wife, Florrie (Given name#Name at birth, née Fox), ran The Coburg Tavern at the junction of Woodhouse Lane and Claypit Lane, in Leeds.
The
Leeds backline in the early 1920s was known as the Busy Bs, as it included; Jim Bacon (rugby), Jim Bacon, Arthur Binks, Billy Bowen, Joe Brittain, and Harold Buck.
References
External links
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English rugby league players
Hunslet F.C. (1883) players
Leeds Rhinos players
Rugby articles needing expert attention
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league players from Leeds
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing
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