Bill Buck (footballer)

Bill Buck
Buck in 1922
Personal information
Full name Walter William Paul Buck
Date of birth (1900-03-04)4 March 1900
Place of birth Hawthorn, Victoria
Date of death 20 October 1980(1980-10-20) (aged 80)
Place of death Toorak, Victoria
Original team(s) Camberwell
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1920–24 Collingwood 32 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Walter William Paul Buck (4 March 1900 – 20 October 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

In October 1918, aged 18 and a half, Buck enlisted to serve in World War I but the war ended before he was mobilised and he never actively served.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Walter William Paul Buck". National Archives of Australia.
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