Neil Tucker

Neil Tucker (9 May 1915 – 6 October 1981)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Neil Tucker
Personal information
Full name Neil Tucker
Date of birth (1915-05-09)9 May 1915
Date of death 6 October 1981(1981-10-06) (aged 66)
Original team(s) Anakie & Geelong West
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1941, 1944 Geelong 61 (20)
1943 Carlton 02 0(0)
Total 63 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tucker was one of four players that left Geelong and play with Carlton during the Second World War. Geelong spent two years in recess, 1942 and 1943, during that time Tucker managed two games with Carlton. When Geelong returned to competition in 1944, so did Tucker.

Notes
  1. "Neil Tucker - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 839. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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