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{{short description|American middle-distance runner}}
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'''Raymond Bates Buker, Sr.''' (August 27, 1899 &ndash; June 3, 1992) was an American [[Track and field|track and field athlete]] who competed in the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]. He was born in [[Foster, Rhode Island]] and died in [[Boca Raton, Florida]]. He was a member of the Illinois Athletic Club.<ref>{{cite news | title=Three of the World's Greatest Runners On Their Marks At Last Night's Meet | work=Chicago Tribune | date=March 31, 1923 | author=Chicago Tribune | pages=32}}</ref> In the 1924 Olympics he finished fifth in the [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres|1500 metres competition]].<ref name="olymedia">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78171 |title=Ray Buker |work=Olympedia |access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref>

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==External links==
*{{SR/Olympics profile|bu/ray-buker-1}}

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[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:American male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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