Nion Tucker

Nion Tucker
Full name	Nion Robert Tucker
nation	United States
birthday	August 21, 1885
place of birth	Suisun City
date of death	April 22, 1950
Place of death	San Francisco
Career
discipline	Fives
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold 1928 St. Moritz Fives

Nion Robert Tucker (born August 21, 1885 in Suisun City , California , † April 22, 1950 in San Francisco ) was an American bobsledder and entrepreneur .

Tucker studied at the University of California and worked as an investment broker from 1909. In 1920 he became CEO of Bond, Goodwin & Tucker . He took part in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and won the gold medal in the five-man bobsleigh.

In 1929 Tucker was involved in founding United Airlines , which was formed through the merger of several small airlines. He later served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Chronicle . From 1946 he worked as a cattle breeder and organized numerous cattle and horse exhibitions. He made the Cow Palace in San Francisco one of the leading providers of events of this kind.

Web links

• Nion Tucker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )