{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Neil Tucker | image = | fullname = Neil Tucker | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|05|09|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|10|06|1915|05|09|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = Anakie & Geelong West | height = 178 cm | weight = 84 kg | position = | statsend = 1944 | years1 = 1935–1941, 1944 | club1 = {{AFL Gee}} | games_goals1 = 61 (20) | years2 = 1943 | club2 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals2 = {{0}}2 {{0}}(0) | games_goalstotal = 63 (20) | careerhighlights = }} '''Neil Tucker''' (9 May 1915 – 6 October 1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/neil+tucker/5887|title=Neil Tucker - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=13 January 2015}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=839}}</ref>
Tucker was one of four players that left Geelong and play with Carlton during the Second World War. Geelong spent two years in recess, 1942 and 1943, during that time Tucker managed two games with Carlton. When Geelong returned to competition in 1944, so did Tucker.
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=N/Neil_Tucker.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Neil+Tucker Neil Tucker's profile] at Blueseum
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