Born March 16, 1920, Towsend, Tennessee, was William and Mary's two way guard and linebacker Buster Ramsey. The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame website tells us that Buster may be the most decorated gridiron player to ever come out of southern Tennessee. This is notable as the article states because Ramsey was the first player to receive the accolades of being selected as an All-American in 1942. In Buster’s four years at W&M from 1939-1942 the team had a record of 29-7- 3. The 1942 team was Southern Conference champion, beating out Duke and North Carolina for the title. The squad of 1942 lost only to the North Carolina Pre-Flight School but knocked off Oklahoma 14-7, and tied Harvard 7-7. The NFF voters chose to induct Buster Ramsey into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978.
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Buster Ramsey
Born March 16, 1920, in Townsend, Tennessee, was the legendary football player from William and Mary, Garrard Buster Ramsey. His great play at the collegiate level produced results and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Ramsey, after college, played ball in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals. He served as a player/coach there and then left to become the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator in 1952. During his tenure with the Lions, Ramsey developed the 4-3 defense, a staple of modern football. In addition, he was the first coach to blitz linebackers in a package he called Red Dog. and later was hired by Ralph Wilson as the first Head Coach of the AFL/NFL Buffalo Bills franchise.
Ramsey, after college, played ball in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals. He served as a player/coach there and then left to become the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator in 1952. During his tenure with the Lions, Ramsey developed the 4-3 defense, a staple of modern football. In addition, he was the first coach to blitz linebackers in a package he called Red Dog. and later was hired by Ralph Wilson as the first Head Coach of the AFL/NFL Buffalo Bills franchise.
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