1. Junious "Buck" Buchanan was an American professional football defensive tackle who played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and National Football League.
21 Facts About Buck Buchanan
1. 2.
Buck Buchanan was selected to the NFL 100th Anniversary Team.
3.
Buck Buchanan's height gave him an advantage against linemen in the trenches.
4.
Buck Buchanan was a letterman in football and in 1962 was an NAIA All-America selection, as well as a Black College All America.
5.
Buck Buchanan played on the basketball team, and among his teammates were future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame player Willis Reed, and future AFL player and Chiefs' teammate Ernie Ladd.
6.
Buck Buchanan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
7.
Buck Buchanan is one of four Grambling State players, with Willie Brown, Willie Davis, and Charlie Joiner who were coached by Eddie Robinson that have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
8.
Buck Buchanan had the physical size and athletic instincts to be exceptionally successful.
9.
Buck Buchanan was particularly effective at intimidating the passer and in 1967 batted down 16 passes at or behind the line of scrimmage.
10.
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.
11.
In spite of the weekly pounding he took on the line of scrimmage, Buck Buchanan was extremely durable.
12.
Buck Buchanan played in 182 career games that included a string of 166 straight, and missed only one game in 13 years.
13.
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.
14.
Buck Buchanan was All-AFL from 1966 through 1969, and All-AFC in 1970 and 1971.
15.
Buck Buchanan played in the first Super Bowl, and recorded the first quarterback sack in Super Bowl history.
16.
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, the first AFL defenseman line to be selected.
17.
Hall of Fame guard Gene Upshaw of the archrival Oakland Raiders said playing against Buck Buchanan was like trying to block a ghost, and while he enjoyed most challenges he could not sleep the night before games against Buck Buchanan.
18.
Buck Buchanan went to coach for the Cleveland Browns in 1978, after Stram left the Saints, but left after one year.
19.
Buck Buchanan went back to Kansas City and became a highly respected businessman and civic leader.
20.
Buck Buchanan was diagnosed with lung cancer a week before his Hall of Fame induction and died two years later at age 51 in his Kansas City home on July 16,1992.
21.
Buck Buchanan never mentioned his cancer diagnosis during this hall of fame induction because he did not want to spoil the day for the other inductees.