Leon Tuck

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameLeon Parker•Tuck
Used nameLeon•Tuck
Born25 May 1891 in Winchester, Massachusetts (USA)
Died2 September 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Measurements175 cm / 82 kg
AffiliationsBoston AA, Boston (USA)
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Tuck went to Dartmouth, playing for three years, captaining the team as a senior, and graduating in 1915. After his college days he fought with the American Air Service in France in WWI and continued to play amateur hockey, mostly in Massachusetts. When he made the Olympic team he was a member of the Boston AA. Tuck went back to Dartmouth to coach for 3 years between 1921 and 1924, was pretty succesfull and had this record: 26 - 11 - 3.

Tuck made his living as the manager of an ice cream company.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1920 Summer Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) USA Leon Tuck
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) United States 2 Silver

Special Notes