Bill Tucker (rugby player)
| Full name | William Eldon Tucker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 August 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 August 1991 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Sherborne School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | William Eldon Tucker, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | No. 8 | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1926–1930 | England | 3 | (0) |
William "Bill" Eldon Tucker CVO MBE TD (6 August 1903 – 4 August 1991) was a Bermudian rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University, St. George's Hospital and Blackheath. Tucker gained his first of three international caps when he was selected for England in 1926. Tucker was a notable orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in sports injuries. He also had a long career in the Territorial Army section of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was decorated for his Second World War service, much of which was spent in German POW camps having remained with the wounded in France during the Dunkirk evacuation.
William Eldon Tucker was born in Hamilton Bermuda in 1903 to William Eldon Tucker and Henrietta Hutchings. His father was a medical doctor, and Tucker's life would follow his father's closely in professional and sporting areas. Tucker was educated at Sherborne School in England, before matriculating to Caius College, Cambridge. After leaving Cambridge he continued his education at St George's Hospital, London; where he gained his MRCS and LRCP in 1928. On 1 November 1930 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Territorial Army (TA) General List of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), He transferred to the TA Reserve of Officers on 8 February 1934. In 1936, at the age of 33, he opened the Park Street Orthopaedic Clinic, where he pioneered treatment in sports' injuries, stimulated by his experiences as a rugby player.
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