Craig Werner Buck (born August 24, 1958, in Los Angeles, California) is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympic gold medalist from the United States. He 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.
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.
Buck was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998.
High school
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.
College
Buck was an All-American at Pepperdine University in 1980 and 1981 while playing under coach Marv Dunphy.
In 1985, Buck was inducted into the Pepperdine Hall of Fame.
Awards
Two-time All-American 1980, 1981
Two-time Olympic gold medal 1984, 1988
FIVB World Cup gold medal 1985
FIVB World Championship gold medal 1986
Pepperdine Hall of Fame 1985
Pan American Games gold medal 1987
International Volleyball Hall of Fame 1998
See also
USA Volleyball
References
External links
Olympedia Profile: Craig Buck
Volleyball Hall of Fame Profile
Pepperdine Hall of Fame Profile
American men's volleyball players
1958 births
Living people
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
Volleyball players from Los Angeles
Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball players
Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics William Howard Taft Charter High School alumni Middle blockers Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century American people 21st-century American people