Buck McCarry- R.I.P.

[HOODLUM65 2,709]

Sadly been reported that another Saints favourite has passed away.

R.I.P.

[55saint 159]

Really saddened by this news - one of my heroes as a young lad - RIP big man - you will be missed

 

[mainstand 1,249]

19 minutes ago, HOODLUM65 said:

Sadly been reported that another Saints favourite has passed away.

R.I.P.

That is sad his son also called Buck sadly passed away just last month.

[slf 2,607]

RIP buck 

[sixties saintee 2,044]

So sad to hear, loved the man, big and tough, if memory serves right he was never sent off. 

RIP Big Man some team up there. 

[sleepless 991]

this has been a rough few months.

Buck was a little before my time. He was one of the names I learned to love, but never saw him play.

[GMac 320]

Let's call Buck a robust forward, with a no nonsense style.   Now having a kick about with some of his old team mates.   

[john.w 1,198]

Buck was some player gave it all for Saints R I P

[70saint 6]

Buck was a real character in the team. A tough tackling midfielder he took no prisoners, and if we were trying for the winner, he was sent up front and he didn’t half cause havoc when he was there. 

[Oldmuirton 75]

Probably my all time favourite Saints player.  RIP big man.

[ejksjfc 714]

RIP Buck. Another favourite from my formative years as a Saintee gone.

Sadly it is a fact of life that the team that we followed then are all now of an age when they have reached that time when it time to depart from this life.

[south inch 865]

RIP Buck, thanks for the memories.

[HOODLUM65 2,709]

3 hours ago, 70saint said:

Buck was a real character in the team. A tough tackling midfielder he took no prisoners, and if we were trying for the winner, he was sent up front and he didn’t half cause havoc when he was there. 

At a time when players were allowed to bundle the keeper (with the ball) into the net.

[Coltrane 183]

Sad news.....RIP Buck....

[Cagey 2,376]

RIP Buck. A true legend .

[Templar Saint 492]

Remember Buck walking up the Dunkeld Road with the other players and always had time for us young (then) autograph hunters with a wee word and a smile.

RIP Buck, another boyhood hero now in the Saints team for ever. 

[Center Half 422]

RIP Buck. 

[sideline 21]

I recall in the League Cup semi final at Hampden against Motherwell, he scored early in the game perhaps even in the first minute. Later on he and the Motherwell keeper Peter Mcloy went for the same ball and Mcloy hit the back of the Hampden net still holding the ball. Mcloy had the look of Wiley E Coyote after a run in with the Road Runner. Pity we lost the final to Celtic.

[HOODLUM65 2,709]

Yep, Buck & Fred Aitken scored in a 2-0 win.

Buck also played in the final on 25/10/69 when Bertie Auld scored. (think that was from 18 inches out)

Gone but never forgotten.

[McCarry One Nil 246]

My only memory now and why it's my name on here was New Years day 1970 in glorious sunshine at Muirton Park against the Arabs and my memory of the goal in our 1-0 win was a stramash in the box and big Buck stepping in and the ball Buck and about 3 Arab defenders ended up in the net. RIP Buck

[GMac 320]

20 hours ago, McCarry One Nil said:

My only memory now and why it's my name on here was New Years day 1970 in glorious sunshine at Muirton Park against the Arabs and my memory of the goal in our 1-0 win was a stramash in the box and big Buck stepping in and the ball Buck and about 3 Arab defenders ended up in the net. RIP Buck

With the defenders exclaiming 'what the Buck just hit us'.   I remember it well - 'I was there'

[tessa 11]

Watched him many times as a young lass but never found why they called him Buck.

 

[HALLS ANGEL 79]

His protruding teeth I think. Which were more obvious in early photographs of him. This was an age before political correctness.