Doug Buffone
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | June 27, 1944 Yatesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | April 20, 2015 (aged 70) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Shannock Valley (Rural Valley, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||
| College | Louisville | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1966: 4th round, 60th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1966: 9th round, 72nd overall pick | ||||||||
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Douglas John Buffone (Pronounced "Buff-OWN") (June 27, 1944 – April 20, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). Buffone, the son of a coal miner (whose parents were Italian immigrants from the southern province of Cosenza, regione di Calabria), attended high school at Shannock Valley High School in Rural Valley, Pennsylvania.