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Buford Hayse Pusser (December 12, 1937 – August 21, 1974) was the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970 and constable of Adamsville from 1970 to 1972. He is known for his virtual one-man war on moonshining , prostitution , gambling , and other vices along the Mississippi–Tennessee state line.
Buford Pusser, at his wife Pauline's behest, retires from the professional wrestling ring, and moves back to Tennessee to start a logging business with his father Carl Pusser. With a friend, Pusser visits a gambling and prostitution establishment The Lucky Spot, and is beaten up after catching the house cheating at craps. Pusser is seriously ...
Louisiana State Penitentiary, from where Nix perpetrated a "Lonely Hearts" scam. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. [1] [2]He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967.
Buford Pusser's life became a national story in 1971 when "The 12th of August," a book by W.R. Morris, was published. The gravesites, the Pusser home, and the memorial marking Buford’s fatal car ...
Buford Pusser was a basketball star at Adamsville High School in the mid-1950s. At 6-foot-6, he played center, and averaged a tick under 20 points per game. He left McNairy County for the U.S ...
Buford Pusser spent six years as McNairy County sheriff beginning in 1964, and aimed to rid McNairy County of organized crime, from moonshiners to gamblers. He was allegedly shot eight times ...
In his next pursuit, Svenson took over the role of lawman Buford Pusser from Joe Don Baker in both sequels to the hit 1973 film Walking Tall, after Pusser himself, who had originally agreed to take over the role, died in an automobile crash. He reprised the role again for the short-lived 1981 television series of the same name.
Buford Pusser's life became a national story in 1971 when "The 12th of August," a book by W.R. Morris, was published. The gravesites, the Pusser home, and the memorial marking Buford’s fatal car ...