Henry Tucker was an Exeter City trainer during the 1920s. 

Born in Plymouth around 1894, Henry John Tucker moved to London, Ontario at the age of sixteen and reportedly developed a great deal of knowledge about boxing and sprinting in particular. Moving to the west of Canada, and then down to Montana and  Texas, he worked on a series of cattle ranches. 

Enlisting with Canadian armed forces at the outbreak of war in 1914, he returned to England in uniform and eventually served in  France where he was wounded. Becoming a gymnastics instructor, he trained the Canadian boxing team which appeared at a Royal Albert Hall tournament of 1918 and several others over the following year. 

As a footballer he was a goalkeeper for the 1st Canadian Command Depot Team and  Bearwood Hospital (Canadian) X1 when based in Berkshire and, ultimately returning to Plymouth, occasionally turned out for Green Waves whilst also working as an assistant trainer at Plymouth Argyle.   

He arrived at St James’ Park with the Grecians now in their third season in the Football League and with Arthur Chadwick coming towards the end of his time as manager.