Tony Buck (wrestler)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 1933 Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 November 2021 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Light-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Crosby Amateur Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||
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Anthony "Tony" Jude Joseph Buck (29 December 1936 – 15 November 2021) was a British wrestler.
Biography
Buck competed for England[1] in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia where he won a gold medal in the light-heavyweight competition.[2][3]
He also competed, for Great Britain, in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.[4]
Buck was a six-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at light-heavyweight in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and at heavyweight in 1957, 1961 and 1966.[5]
Buck was a doorman at Liverpool's Cavern Club during the time the Beatles performed there in the 1960s.[4]
References
- ^ "The England Team". Birmingham Daily Post. 17 September 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 22 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2025.