Junious "Buck" Buchanan was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and in the National Football League.
14 Facts About Buck Buchanan
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Buck Buchanan's height gave him a big advantage against lineman in the trenches.
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Buck Buchanan attended Grambling College in Louisiana and was a letterman in football and an NAIA All-America selection.
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Buck Buchanan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Buck Buchanan is one of four Grambling State players, Willie Brown, Willie Davis, and Charlie Joiner coached by Eddie Robinson enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Buck Buchanan had the physical size and athletic instincts to be exceptionally successful.
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Buck Buchanan was particularly effective at intimidating the passer and in 1967 batted down 16 passes at or behind the line of scrimmage.
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Buck Buchanan was clocked at 4.9 in the 40-yard dash and 10.2 in the 100-yard dash at Grambling State, allowing him to range from sideline to sideline to make tackles.
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In spite of the weekly pounding he took on the line of scrimmage, Buck Buchanan was extremely durable.
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Buck Buchanan played in 182 career games that included a string of 166 straight.
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Buck Buchanan was named to his first AFL All-Star Game after his second season and played in six AFL All-Star games and two AFC-NFC Pro Bowls.
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Buck Buchanan teamed with Curley Culp, Aaron Brown and Jerry Mays to establish a dominant front four for the Chiefs, culminating in their victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, when they allowed Viking runners only 67 yards rushing in 19 carries and 172 net passing yards, Buchanan in particular dominating the opposing center, Mick Tingelhoff, a 5-time AP first-team All-Pro selection up to that 1969 season, as handily as the left guard, Jim Vellone.
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Buck Buchanan was selected to the second-team of the AFL All-Time Team, and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Buck Buchanan was diagnosed with lung cancer a week before his Hall of Fame induction and died at age 51 in his Kansas City home on July 16,1992.