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 lead 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. [ [http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=523367 Georgia's longest] ] Belue was named captain of the 1981 team. [ [http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=8800&KEY=&ATCLID=525973&SPID=3571&SPSID=46736 Georgia Team Captains] ]

Belue also lettered in baseball all four years at Georgia. [ [http://georgia.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=40673&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=319097#b Georgia Baseball Lettermen] ] His career batting average at Georgia was .356 and he went on to play 3 years in the Montreal Expos organization. [ [http://www.680thefan.com/personality.aspx?pid=7 Buck Belue profile on WCNN (AM)680 The Fan] ] Currently, Belue co-hosts (with John Kincade) drive-home radio show "Buck and Kincade" on 680 The Fan in Atlanta, Georgia. [ [http://www.680thefan.com/lineup.aspx 680 The Fan lineup] ] Belue was also inducted into the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame in 1996. [ [http://www.coj.net/Departments/Parks+and+Recreation/Special+Events/FlaGa/EVENTS/Hall+of+Fame+Induction+Ceremony.htm Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame Inductees] ]

He is also the only quarterback to start all four years for the Valdosta Wildcats, the winningest [ [http://www.nfhs.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Publications/football_part1.pdf National High School Sports Record Book] ] high school team in the nation, where he was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007.

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