Sport(s) Football 1916 Wisconsin (assistant) 1913–1915 Wisconsin 1923 Lawrence | 1920 Canton Bulldogs Name Cub Buck 1920–1925 Green Bay Packers Positions Tackle | |
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Born August 7, 1892
Eau Claire, Wisconsin ( 1892-08-07 ) Role American football head coach Died June 14, 1966, Rock Island, Illinois, United States Education University of Wisconsin-Madison | ||
Howard Pierce "Cub" Buck (August 7, 1892 – June 14, 1966) was an American football, coach and college athletics administrator. He played as a tackle at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then professionally for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Canton Bulldogs and Green Bay Packers. Buck served as the head football coach at Lawrence College—now Lawrence University—in 1923 and at the University of Miami from 1927 to 1928. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1977.
Buck was born on August 7, 1892 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He attended high school there and was named to Wisconsin all-state prep team at the center position. After graduating from Wisconsin, Buck served as an assistant football coach at his alma mater in 1916. He then served as the athletic director at Carleton College and as the joint athletic director at Carleton and nearby St. Olaf College during World War I.
He died in Davenport, Iowa.