36 Facts About Quinn Buckner

William Quinn Buckner was born on August 20,1954 and is an American former professional basketball player and coach.

Quinn Buckner played collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers, and won a national championship in 1976.

Quinn Buckner was a captain of both the last undefeated NCAA Division I basketball champion and the 1976 Olympics gold medal team.

Quinn Buckner had a ten-year NBA career for three teams.

Quinn Buckner is one of only eight players in history to win an NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.

Quinn Buckner is one of only three players in history to win a High School state championship, NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.

Quinn Buckner was a State Champion while playing high school basketball in Illinois.

Currently, Quinn Buckner is a color analyst for the Indiana Pacers television broadcast team on Bally Sports Indiana.

Quinn Buckner was the play-by-play announcer on 989 Sports line of college basketball games for several years.

Quinn Buckner's Falcons lost only one game during his junior and senior seasons and won back-to-back state titles.

Quinn Buckner was an excellent football player, making all-state in high school.

Quinn Buckner is the only person ever named Chicago area Player of the Year for both football and basketball.

In 2006, Quinn Buckner was voted as one of the 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament, a group of former players and coaches in honor of the 100 anniversary of the IHSA boys basketball tournament.

Quinn Buckner elected to play college basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers under Coach Bob Knight.

Quinn Buckner ended his college career as a four-year starter and three-year captain at Indiana, and played football for one year.

Quinn Buckner seemed to get along with volatile Coach Knight better than any other player in the Hoosiers' history.

Quinn Buckner played for the United States men's national basketball team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.

In Quinn Buckner's 10-year NBA career he was a tough defender, a solid playmaker, and a stabilizing force in any lineup.

Quinn Buckner was selected by the Washington Redskins in the 1976 NFL Draft.

Quinn Buckner's teams had suffered only 25 defeats in his eight years of high school and college basketball, and he had never been on a team that lost more than seven games in a season.

Quinn Buckner was unspectacular offensively, averaging 8.6 points while shooting.

The next year Quinn Buckner raised his scoring slightly, to 9.3 points per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.

That postseason, Quinn Buckner set a playoffs career-high with 19 points alongside recording 10 assists in a Game 7 loss against the Denver Nuggets in the conference semifinals.

Quinn Buckner had established a reputation as a solid, dependable player with good fundamentals.

Quinn Buckner was never going to be a flashy player or a big scorer; his low-trajectory shot was jokingly said to have been responsible for more bent rims than Darryl Dawkins's dunks.

Quinn Buckner has a good personality, he's team oriented, and he's disciplined.

Boston won a championship in 1984, with Quinn Buckner coming off the bench to spell Dennis Johnson and Gerald Henderson.

In three seasons with Boston, Quinn Buckner made small but regular contributions for a powerful Celtics team.

Quinn Buckner called college and NBA basketball for CBS Sports and called games for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the early 1990s with Kevin Harlan, as well as games for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Quinn Buckner now calls Indianapolis his home and is the color commentator for Indiana Pacers television broadcasts.

Quinn Buckner participates in community relations efforts and contributes to Pacers TipOff, a game preview newsletter distributed via e-mail for every home Pacers game.

The plan backfired, with many of the players complaining publicly about Quinn Buckner's heavy-handed coaching style.

NBA historian Peter Bjarkman even suggested that Quinn Buckner frequently consulted with Knight during the season.

Quinn Buckner angered Carter and other executives by not consulting them on hiring assistant coaches; they only learned about those hires when they called and asked how much they would get for moving expenses.

Quinn Buckner has four children with his wife Rhonda; Jason, Cory, Lauren and Alexsandra.

Quinn Buckner is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.