Buck Buchanan
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 10, 1940 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Gainesville, Alabama | ||||||
| Date of death: | July 16, 1992 (aged 51) | ||||||
| Place of death: | Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||
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| College: | Grambling | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1963 / Round: 19 / Pick: 265 | ||||||
| AFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||
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| Games: | 182 |
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| Interceptions: | 3 |
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Junious "Buck" Buchanan (September 10, 1940 – July 16, 1992) was a professional American football defensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League (AFL) and in the National Football League (NFL).
Buchanan attended A. H. Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, and was a standout in football and basketball.
Buchanan attended Grambling College in Louisiana and was a letterman in football and an NAIA All-America selection. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. He 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.
For the 1963 NFL Draft, Buchanan was selected 265th overall in the 19th round by the NFL champion Green Bay Packers. The 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 287 lb (130 kg) Buchanan was the first overall selection in the AFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Eddie Robinson, his coach at Grambling State, where he had been an NAIA All-American in 1962, called him "the finest lineman I have seen." Buchanan was the first black number one draft choice in Professional Football.
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