{{Short description|American football player (1891–1943)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography | name = Buck Gavin | image = File:290758899 e4ca2611-8618-455d-9db0-d13ab1ffbbb8.jpg | alt = | caption = Gavin with the Rock Island Independents | birth_date = {{birth date|1891|6|8}} | birth_place = Spring Valley, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|10|14|1891|6|8}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | team = | number = 2, 3, 6, 10 | status = | position1 = Running back | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 179 | college = None | playing_years1 = 1920, 1922 | playing_team1 = Buffalo | playing_years2 = 1921 | playing_team2 = Detroit | playing_years3 = 1921, 1922, 1924–1925 | playing_team3 = Rock Island Independents | playing_years4 = 1923 | playing_team4 = Green Bay Packers | playing_years5 = 1926 | playing_team5 = Hammond Pros | career_highlights = | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 47 | statlabel2 = Starts | statvalue2 = 39 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 13 }}
'''Patrick James "Buck" Gavin''' (June 8, 1891 – October 14, 1943) was an American professional football player who was a fullback for seven seasons for the Buffalo All-Americans, Detroit Tigers, Rock Island Independents, Green Bay Packers, and Hammond Pros.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GaviBu20.htm "Buck Gavin Stats,"] Pro Football Reference, www.pro-football-reference.com</ref> After his retirement, he became a plumbing inspector in Chicago and made local headlines after a woman was found dead in his Chicago apartment in 1931. Although he was initially convicted of the crime, he was let go with no bail and never faced any formal charges. He later died of heart disease in 1943.<ref>https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19310911.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN------------</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} * https://profootballarchives.com/players/g/gavi00800.html
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