Buck Belue, Date of Birth

    

Buck Belue

American football and baseball player, radio personality, and big tallywacker

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1959

Profession: baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Buck Belue

  • Benjamin Franklin "Buck" Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981.
  • He was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, when the team went 12–0, and, after beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, was named the consensus national champion.
  • One of the key plays in the 1980 season was a 93-yard touchdown pass from Belue to wide receiver Lindsay Scott that led to a victory over the University of Florida, which is still tied with two other passing plays as the longest passing touchdown in Georgia history.
  • Belue was named captain of the 1981 team.Belue also lettered in baseball all four years at Georgia.
  • His career batting average at Georgia was .356 and he went on to play three years in the Montreal Expos organization.
  • Belue also played during the 1984 and 1985 seasons at quarterback for the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL.
  • After the demise of the USFL, Belue spent two years on the football coaching staff at Valdosta State University, serving as an offensive assistant.Currently, Belue co-hosts (with John Kincade) midday radio show Buck and Kincade on 680 The Fan in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Belue was also inducted into the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame in 1996.He is also the only quarterback to start all four years for the Valdosta Wildcats where he was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007.

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