Fred Buck

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Fred Buck
Full name	Frederick Richard Buck
Date of birth	12 July 1880
Place of birth	Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Date of death	June 1952 (aged 71)
Place of death	Stafford, England
Playing position	Inside-forward/Centre-half
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1895–1897 1897–1900 1900–1903 1903–1904 1904–1906 1906–1914 1914–1917	Stafford Wesleyans Stafford Rangers West Bromwich Albion Liverpool Plymouth Argyle West Bromwich Albion Swansea Town
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Frederick Richard Buck (12 July 1880 – June 1952), better known as Fred Buck, was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward and centre-half.

[edit] Biography

Buck was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He joined Stafford Wesleyans in August 1895, moving on to Stafford Rangers in July 1897.^[1] In November 1900 he signed for West Bromwich Albion before a move to Liverpool in May 1903.^[1] Buck was signed by Plymouth Argyle in January 1904, then re-joined West Bromwich Albion in April 1906.^[1] Buck was Albion's top league goalscorer in the 1907–08 season, scoring 18 times, and again in 1909–10 when he found the net on 16 occasions.^[2] In May 1914 he moved to Swansea Town, where he finished his career, retiring in May 1917.^[1] He died in Stafford in June 1952.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books, p40. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
^ Matthews, Tony (2007). West Bromwich Albion: The Complete Record. Breedon Books, p171. ISBN 978-1-85983-565-4.

Persondata
NAME	Buck, Frederick Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Buck, Fred
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	12 July 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
DATE OF DEATH	June 1952
PLACE OF DEATH	Stafford, England