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Role
  
American football player

Name
  
Frank Buncom


College:
  
Southern California

Place of death:
  
Cincinnati, Ohio

Positions
  
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Date of birth:
  
(1939-11-02)November 2, 1939

Date of death:
  
September 14, 1969(1969-09-14) (aged 29)

AFL draft:
  
1962 / Round: 6 / Pick: 48

Died
  
September 14, 1969, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States


Place of birth:
  

Frank Buncom '15 (St. Augustine, CA) UTR Spotlight


Frank James Buncom, Jr. (November 2, 1939 – September 15, 1969) was an American football linebacker in the American Football League (AFL).

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College career

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After graduating from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, Buncom attended junior college at East Los Angeles College. He then played college football at the University of Southern California, where he lettered in the 1960 and 1961 seasons.

Professional career

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Buncom played for seven seasons in the AFL with the San Diego Chargers (1962-1967) and the Cincinnati Bengals (1968).

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He was a three-time AFL All-Star, in 1964, 1965, and 1967.

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He was chosen by the Bengals in the 1968 AFL allocation draft for the expansion Bengals. He was a starting outside linebacker for the Bengals during their first-ever season.

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Buncom was slated to be a starter for the 1969 Bengals. On the morning of the Bengals' opening game of the 1969 regular season, on September 14, his roommate, Ernie Wright, was awakened to the sound of Buncom calling for him and gasping for breath. Neither Wright nor paramedics could save him. He was 29. The cause of death was determined to be a pulmonary embolism.

He was survived by his wife Sarah, later a principal in the San Diego Unified School District, and seven-week-old son, Frank James Buncom III. His former team, the Chargers, as well as the Bengals, established trust funds for Buncom's son.

When the San Diego Chargers announced their inaugural hall of fame class in 1976, Buncom was one of the four inductees.

Ron Mix, a San Diego attorney and former teammate of Buncom’s, said, “I remember Frank as being the best of us, and I’m talking about as a person with high character.”

His grandson, Frank Buncom IV, attended St. Augustine High School, where he was an outstanding defensive back as of 2014 being recruited by many Division I programs. On January 28, 2015, he signed to play at Stanford University.

References

Frank Buncom Wikipedia


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