| Birth name | William Eldon Tucker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 August 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 August 1991 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Sherborne School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | William Eldon Tucker, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Eldon Tucker CVO MBE TD (6 August 1903 – 4 August 1991)[1] was a Bermudian orthopaedic surgeon and 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. As a surgeon, Tucker specialised 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.