Tony Buck (wrestler)
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 1933 Liverpool | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 November 2021 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||
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Anthony Jude Joseph Buck (29 December 1936 – 15 November 2021) was a British wrestler.
Wrestling career
[edit]Buck competed for England in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia where he won a gold medal in the light-heavyweight competition.[1][2]
He also competed, for Great Britain, in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.[3] Buck was a doorman at Liverpool's Cavern Club during the time the Beatles performed there in the 1960s.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ a b "Tony Buck". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
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