Birth Date: | 12 August 1926 |
Birth Place: | Whiting, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Solon, Ohio, U.S. |
College: | Purdue San Francisco |
Position: | Fullback Linebacker |
Number: | 77, 39 |
Draftedyear: | 1949 |
Draftedround: | 10 |
Draftedpick: | 94 (by the Los Angeles Rams) Redrafted 1951, 24th round, 286th overall after termination of Colts franchise. |
Playing Years1: | 1949 |
Playing Team1: | Chicago Hornets (AAFC) |
Playing Years2: | 1950 |
Playing Team2: | Baltimore Colts |
Playing Years3: | 1951–1952 |
Playing Team3: | Washington Redskins |
Nfl: | BUK664464 |
Databasefootball: | BUKSAGEO01 |
Pfr: | BuksGe20 |
George Benjamin Buksar (August 12, 1926 – February 22, 2011) was an American football fullback and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Colts. He also played for the Chicago Hornets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Buksar played college football at Purdue University and the University of San Francisco and was drafted in the tenth round of the 1949 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams.