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Ruck (rugby union) Rugby union is a contact sport that consists of two teams of fifteen players. The objective is to obtain more points than the opposition through scoring '' tries'' or kicking goals over eighty minutes of playing time. The play is started with one ...

, a contesting for the ball in Rugby Union from a grounded player *

Ruck (Australian rules football) In Australian rules football, a ruckman or ruckwoman is typically a tall and athletic player who contests at centre bounces and stoppages (such as boundary throw-ins and ball-ups). The ruckman is one of the most important players on the field. ...

, an aerial contest in Australian rules football between rival ruckmen * Ruck (rugby league), the area surrounding a tackled player in rugby league football ;People *

Sean Price Sean Duval Price (March 17, 1972August 8, 2015) was an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik. He was one half of the duo Heltah Skeltah, performing under the name Ruck, along with partner Rock. Early life and educati ...

, American rapper who went by the name Ruck as a member of Heltah Skeltah *

Alan Ruck Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's best friend, in John Hughes's film ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986); Stuart Bondek, a lecherous, power-hungry member of ...

(born 1956), American actor *

Berta Ruck Amy Roberta (Berta) Ruck (2 August 1878 – 11 August 1978), born in India, was a prolific Welsh writer of over 90 romance novels from 1905 to 1972. She also wrote short stories, an autobiography and two books of memoirs. Her married name was Mr ...

(1878–1978), British writer of short stories and romance novels *

Calvin Ruck Calvin Woodrow Ruck (September 4, 1925 – October 19, 2004) was a human rights activist and a member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia; his parents were immigrants to Canada from Barbados. Ruck's life has been docum ...

(1925–2004), Canadian Senator and author *

Carl A. P. Ruck Carl A. P. Ruck (born December 8, 1935, Bridgeport, Connecticut), is a professor in the Classical Studies department at Boston University. He received his B.A. at Yale University, his M.A. at the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. at Harvard Uni ...

(born 1935), American professor of Classical Studies *

Carl Ruck (field hockey) Carl Ruck (born 23 December 1912, died 1980) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympia ...

(1912–1980), German field hockey player *

Caroline Rück Caroline Rück is a former Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various ...

, Swiss curler *

Monique Ruck-Petit Monique Ruck-Petit (née Petit; born 20 October 1942) is a Swiss and French chess player, two-times Swiss Women's Chess Championship winner (1964, 1979), French Women's Chess Championship winner (1979), Women's Chess Olympiad individual bronze ...

(born 1942), Swiss and French chess master *

Richard Ruck Major-General Sir Richard Mathews Ruck (27 May 1851 – 17 March 1935) was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Engineers, spending most of his career in the Submarine Mining Service, before becoming the Director of Fortifications ...

(1851–1935), Welsh footballer and Royal Engineers soldier *

Róbert Ruck Róbert Ruck (born 10 December 1977) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2000), Hungarian Chess Championship winner (2002), Chess Olympiad team silver medal winner (2002), World Team Chess Championship individual bronze medal winner (2001). ...

(born 1977), Hungarian chess grandmaster *

Sian Ruck Sian Elizabeth Ansley Ruck is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a left-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 27 One Day Internationals and 37 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2009 and 2013. She played domestic cricket for ...

(born 1953), New Zealand international cricketer *

Ulrich Rück Ulrich Rück (October 18, 1882 in Nuremberg – November 6, 1962 in Nuremberg) was a German collector of musical instruments, chemist and dealer in pianos. Biography Ulrich Rück, together with his brother Hans, continued the work of his father W ...

(1882–1962), German collector of musical instruments and dealer in pianofortes *

Wolfgang Ruck Wolf Ruck (a.k.a. Wolfgang Ruck, born June 23, 1946) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He advanced to the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad ...

(born 1946), Canadian sprint canoeist

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