Neil Tucker
Neil Tucker | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Neil Tucker | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1915 | ||
Date of death | 6 October 1981 | (aged 66)||
Original team(s) | Anakie & Geelong West | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935–1941, 1944 | Geelong | 61 (20) | |
1943 | Carlton | 2 (0) | |
Total | 63 (20) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Neil Tucker (9 May 1915 – 6 October 1981)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Tucker was one of four players that left Geelong and play with Carlton during the Second World War. 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.
Notes[]
- ^ "Neil Tucker - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 839. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
External links[]
- Neil Tucker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Neil Tucker's profile at Blueseum
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1981 deaths
- Carlton Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Geelong West Football Club players
- Australian rules biography, 1915 birth stubs