Bill Tucker
Athlete
1903 – 1991
Who was Bill Tucker?
William "Bill" Eldon Tucker CVO MBE TD 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, specializing 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.
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- Born
- Aug 6, 1903
Hamilton - Education
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Sherborne School
- Lived in
- Hamilton
- Died
- Aug 4, 1991
Bermuda
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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