Alan Buckley

Athlete

1941 – 2008

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Who was Alan Buckley?

Alan Buckley was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, playing club level rugby union for Broughton Park F.C., and playing representative level rugby league for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Folly Lane ARLFC, and Swinton, as a Left-Centre, i.e. number 4. Buckley joined "the Lions" from Broughton Park F.C. near the end of the 1950s and was virtually an overnight sensation at Station Road tearing through opposition defences with his blistering pace and determined running.

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Born
Oct 23, 1941
Ardwick
Nationality
  • England
Died
Mar 12, 2008
Walkden

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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