Neil Tucker (9 May 1915 – 6 October 1981)
was an
Australian rules footballer who played with
Carlton and
Geelong in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Tucker was one of four players that left Geelong and play with Carlton during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
. Geelong spent two years in recess, 1942 and 1943, during that time Tucker managed two games with Carlton. When Geelong returned to competition in 1944, so did Tucker.
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External links
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Neil Tucker's profileat Blueseum
1915 births
1981 deaths
Carlton Football Club players
Geelong Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Geelong West Football Club players
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