- Blair Buswell
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name = Blair Buswell
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birth_date = 1958
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occupation = Sportssculptor
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residence =Highland, Utah ,USA
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alma_mater =Brigham Young University
education = B.A. (1982)
religion =The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
known_for =Blair Buswell is an American
artist who specializes in sports sculptures. Buswell began his formal art training atRicks College where he was the top art student. He subsequently transferred toBrigham Young University on an art scholarship where he also played as a running back for the Cougars football team. Graduating in 1982, Buswell found a marriage of his love for art and sports in sculpting. In 1989, he was commissioned by the U.S. Sports Academy to create thebronze sculpture of the Academy's annual Awards of Sport Athlete of the Year. He has also sculpted busts of all new Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees since 1983. He has also created the NFL Special Service Award as well as medallions for Super Bowls XIX, XX and XXI.cite web | url = http://www.asama.org/awards/SportArtists/Artist1990.html | title = Sport Artist of the Year | publisher = American Sport Art Museum and Archives | accessdate = 2008-06-13 ]In 1989, Buswell was commissioned by the Academy to design the Order of the Eagle Exemplar medallion given to each recipient of the American Sport Art Museum and Archives' Awards of Sport—the medallion design is still being used today. He sculpted a statue of
Jack Nicklaus for the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame inAugusta, Georgia and another of basketball greatOscar Robertson forCincinnati University . In 1990 the Academy honored Buswell with the Sport Artist of the Year Award. [cite web | url = http://www.bronzeportfolio.com/buswell/resume.html | title = Blair Buswell | publisher = [http://www.bronzeportfolio.com/ Bronze Portfolio] | accessdate = 2008-06-13 ]References
External links
* [http://www.bronzeportfolio.com/buswell/resume.html Buswell Timeline]
* [http://www.ussa.edu/ U.S. Sports Academy]
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