| Birth name | John Samuel Tucker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 June 1895 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 January 1973 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | (registered in) Bristol | ||||||||||||||||
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Sam Tucker (1895–1973) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1922 to 1931.[1] He also captained his country.[1]
Sam Tucker was born on 1 June 1895 in Bristol.[1]
Tucker made his international debut on 21 January 1922 at Cardiff Arms Park in the Wales v England match.[1] Of the 27 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 14 occasions.[1] He played his final match for England on 17 January 1931 at Twickenham in the England v Wales match.[1] In 1930 he became the first rugby union player to take a flight to play in an international match. He received a late call-up for the game against Wales in Cardiff and took a flight from Bristol aerodrome to reach the ground in time.[2]
He married and had two children, Mary, who was born in 1926, and Janet.