Craig Buck | |
Birth Name: | Craig Werner Buck |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Height: | 6'9" |
College: | Pepperdine University |
Position: | Middle blocker |
Teamnumber: | 7 |
Nationalyears: | 1981–1990 |
Medaltemplates-Title: | Medal record |
Craig Werner Buck (born August 24, 1958) is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympic gold medalist from the United States. Buck was a member of the United States national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Buck also helped the United States to gold medals at the 1985 FIVB World Cup and the 1986 FIVB World Championship, which, following the 1984 Olympic gold, constituted a "triple crown".
Buck is widely regarded as one of the best middle blockers of all time. In 1990, the United States Olympic Committee selected him as their volleyball player of the year.[2]
Buck was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Buck played volleyball at William Howard Taft Charter High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where he was selected as an All-City player in 1975 and 1976.
Buck was an All-American at Pepperdine University in 1980 and 1981 while playing under coach Marv Dunphy.[3]
In 1985, Buck was inducted into the Pepperdine Hall of Fame.[4]