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Tony Buck (wrestler)

Anthony "Tony" Jude Joseph Buck (29 December 1936 – 15 November 2021) was a British wrestler.

Biography

Buck competed for England in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia where he won a gold medal in the light-heavyweight competition.

He also competed, for Great Britain, in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

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.

Buck was a doorman at Liverpool's Cavern Club during the time the Beatles performed there in the 1960s.

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