Buddy Cruze

Buddy Cruze
No. 86
Position:	End
Personal information
Born:	May 24, 1933; Knoxville, Tennessee
Died:	March 10, 2018 (aged 84); Knoxville, Tennessee
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school:	Knoxville (TN) Austin-East
College:	Tennessee
NFL Draft:	1956 / Round: 12 / Pick: 143
Career history
	Chicago Bears (1957); Baltimore Colts (1958); Montreal Alouettes (1959);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1956);

Kyle Layman "Buddy" Cruze (May 24, 1933 – March 10, 2018) was an American football player at the University of Tennessee. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Cruze attended Knoxville High School and East High School. He attended Southern Methodist University and thereafter transferred to the University of Tennessee. He played college football at the end position in 1952 for the SMU Mustangs and from 1954 to 1956 for the Tennessee Volunteers.^[1]^[2] He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team player on its 1956 College Football All-America Team.^[3]^[4] After leaving the University of Tennessee he was 143rd pick overall and drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1956 NFL Draft. He later signed with the Montreal Alouettes in 1959.^[5] He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.^[1] He died on March 10, 2018 at the age of 84.^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Cruze, Kyle "Buddy"". Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ "Kyle "Buddy" Cruze". University of Tennessee. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1240. ISBN 1401337031.
^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ "Morgan Johnston Will Head Alouette Football Club Board". The Gazette (Montreal). July 7, 1959. p. 22.
^ Tennessee All-American and Knoxville high school legend Buddy Cruze dies at 84

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