Junious "Buck" Buchanan was an American collegiate and professional Football defensive tackle. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and in the National Football League . Buchanan attended A. H. Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, and was a standout in football and basketball. Buchanan attended Grambling State University 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 players coached by Eddie Robinson enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1963,... the 6'7" 287 pound Buchanan was the first player selected overall 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. He came from a small historically black university, a source that the NFL ignored and the AFL cultivated.
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| Birthdate: | September 10, 1940 |
| Birthplace: | Gainesville, Alabama |
| Date of death: | July 16, 1992 |
| Height: | 6' 7" |
| All Positions Played: | Defensive tackle, Defensive lineman |
| Education: | Grambling State University |