# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buck-buchanan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:42.356Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buck-buchanan"
name: "Buck Buchanan"
slug: "buck-buchanan"
description: "Junious \"Buck\" Buchanan was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Buchanan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He was selected to the NFL 100th Anniversary Team. His was the first African American taken as the first selection in an AFL or NFL draft. Buchanan was massive for his era, standing at 6 ft 7 in, and weighing 270 lbs.. His height gave him an advantage against linemen in the trenches."
tagline: "Player of American football (1940-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1986_Jeno's_Pizza_-_50_-_Buck_Buchanan_and_Curley_Culp_(Buck_Buchanan_crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1940-09-10"
deathDate: "1992-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.4
  momentum:             0.3580246913580247
  historical:           7.460408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Buchanan"
    title: "Buck Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باك بوكانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باك بوكانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Buchanan"
    title: "Buck Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Buchanan"
    title: "Buck Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Buchanan_(football_am%C3%A9ricain)"
    title: "Buck Buchanan (football américain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Buchanan"
    title: "Buck Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Buchanan"
    title: "Buck Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1185425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump