Ray Buker

Raymond "Ray" Bates Buker, Sr. (August 27, 1899 – June 3, 1992) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Foster, Rhode Island and died in Boca Raton, Florida.

In the 1924 Olympics he finished fifth in the 1500 metres competition.

External links[]

Ray Buker at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

show v t US National Championship winners in men's 1500-meter run or mile
1876–78 New York Athletic Club	1876^M: (CAN) * 1877^M: 1878^M:
1879–88 NAAAA	1879^M: Henry Pellatt (CAN) * 1880–83^M: 1884^M: 1885^M: 1886–87^M: 1888^M^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^M^{Note 1}: (CAN) * Thomas Conneff 1889–90^M: 1891^M: Thomas Conneff 1892^M: George Orton (CAN) * 1893-5^M: George Orton (CAN) * 1896^M: George Orton (CAN) * 1897–98^M: John Cregan 1899^M: Alex Grant 1900^M: George Orton (CAN) Alex Grant 1901–03^M: Alex Grant 1904^M: David Munson 1905^M: Jim Lightbody 1906^M: 1907^M: James Sullivan 1908^M: Herbert Trube 1909^M: 1910^M: 1911–12^M: Abel Kiviat 1913^M: Norman Taber 1914^M: Abel Kiviat 1915^M: Joie Ray 1916^M: 1917–23^M ^OT: Joie Ray 1924–25^M: Ray Buker 1926^M: Lloyd Hahn 1927M-28^OT: Ray Conger 1929^M: Leo Lermond 1930^M: Ray Conger 1931^M: Leo Lermond 1932^OT: Norwood Hallowell 1933: Glenn Cunningham 1934: Bill Bonthron 1935–38: Glenn Cunningham 1939: 1940: 1941: Leslie MacMitchell 1942–43: Gil Dodds 1944: William Hulse 1945: Roland Sink 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) Leslie MacMitchell 1947: 1948: Gil Dodds 1949–50: John Twomey 1951: 1952–53^M: Wes Santee 1954^M: 1955^M: Wes Santee 1956: Jerome Walters 1957^M: Merv Lincoln (AUS) * 1958^M: Herb Elliott (AUS) * 1959: Dyrol Burleson 1960: Jim Grelle 1961^M: Dyrol Burleson 1962^M: Jim Beatty 1963^M: Dyrol Burleson 1964: Tom O'Hara 1965–67^M: Jim Ryun 1968: John Mason 1969^M: Marty Liquori 1970^M: 1971^M: Marty Liquori 1972: 1973^M: Leonard Hilton 1974: Rod Dixon (NZL) * Tom Byers 1975: Leonard Hilton 1976: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) * 1977–79: Steve Scott
1980–92 The Athletics Congress	1980: Steve Lacy 1981: Sydney Maree (SAF) * Steve Scott 1982–83: Steve Scott 1984–85: Jim Spivey 1986: Steve Scott 1987: Jim Spivey 1988: Mark Deady 1989: Terrance Herrington 1990: Joe Falcon 1991: Terrance Herrington 1992^OT: Jim Spivey
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Bill Burke 1994: Terrance Herrington 1995–96^OT: Paul McMullen 1997: Seneca Lassiter 1998: Jamey Harris 1999: Steve Holman 2000^OT: Gabe Jennings 2001: 2002: Seneca Lassiter 2003: Jason Lunn 2004–05: Alan Webb 2006: Bernard Lagat 2007: Alan Webb 2008: Bernard Lagat 2009–10: Lopez Lomong 2011: Matthew Centrowitz 2012: Leonel Manzano 2013: Matthew Centrowitz 2014: Leonel Manzano 2015–16: Matthew Centrowitz 2017: Robby Andrews 2018: Matthew Centrowitz 2019: Craig Engels 2021^{2020 OT}: Cole Hocker
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships M: Denotes that the race was run over a mile rather than 1500 m OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

show v t 1924 USA Olympic track and field team
Track/road/cross country athletes	Karl Anderson Verne Booth Chester Bowman Charles Brookins Ray Buker William Churchill Louis Clarke (r) Commodore Cochran (r) Jimmy Connolly (t) Chan Coulter Bill Cox (t) Clarence DeMar Mike Devaney Ray Dodge Rilus Doolittle Schuyler Enck August Fager Horatio Fitch Charles Foster John Gray George Guthrie Lloyd Hahn Alan Helffrich (r) James Henigan George Hill Harry Hinkel Frank Hussey (r) Earl Johnson Pitch Johnson Wayne Johnson Dan Kinsey Edward Kirby (t) Leo Larrivee (t) Al LeConey (r) George Lermond Oliver MacDonald (r) Charles Mellor Loren Murchison Bayes Norton Charley Paddock Russell Payne Harold Phelps Joie Ray (t) Bill Richardson Marvin Rick Ivan Riley Ray Robertson John Romig Jackson Scholz William Spencer William Stevenson (r) Arthur Studenroth John Coard Taylor Morgan Taylor Willard Tibbetts (t) Ray Watson John Watters Frank Wendling Ralph Williams Eric Wilson Frank Zuna
Field/combined event athletes	Norman Anderson Otto Anderson Clifford Argue Lee Barnes Jim Brooker Leroy Brown William Comins Harry Frieda Ned Gourdin Glenn Graham Merwin Graham Brutus Hamilton Glenn Hartranft Ralph Hills Bud Houser DeHart Hubbard Robert Juday Mort Kaer Robert LeGendre Tom Lieb James McEachern Matt McGrath Jack Merchant William Neufeld Emerson Norton Gene Oberst Harold Osborn Tom Poor Gus Pope Lee Priester Albert Rose Ralph Spearow Fred Tootell Homer Whelchel Earle Wilson
Coaches and trainers	Lawson Robertson (head track coach) (head field coach) Eddie Farrell (assistant coach) Bill Hayward (assistant coach) Harry Hillman (assistant coach) (assistant coach) Jack Magee (assistant coach) Amos Alonzo Stagg (assistant coach) Eugene Vidal (assistant coach) Michael J. Ryan (marathon trainer)

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