Buck Buchanan
Football Player
In 1963, Buchanan was the first player selected overall in the AFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Eddie Robinson, his coach at Grambling State, called him "the finest lineman I have seen." Buchanan was the first black number one draft choice in Professional Football. He came from a small black university that the NFL ignored and the AFL promoted. The New York Giants drafted Buchanan in the nineteenth round of the 1963 NFL Draft, the 265th player chosen overall.
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Biography
The prototype for the tall, speedy defensive tackles in the game today, Buck Buchanan was the defensive anchor on a Kansas City Chiefs team that was a dominant force in football during the late 60's and early 70's and the winner of Super Bowl IV.
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"A big guy will be strong, and he might be quick, but he is rarely fast. Or sometimes he's strong and fast but not quick. But Buck had it all - big, strong, fast, and quick. Plus, he had a great attitude." -- Coach Hank Stram