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WEBJul 21, 2024 · The sheriff managed to make it out wounded, but alive, with a severely injured jaw. His wife, however, wasn’t as lucky. She was dead in the passenger seat. Buford Pusser’s life story inspired the 1973 movie Walking Tall. The second car sped off and Pusser was left for dead. Instead, he was discovered and quickly taken to the hospital.
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WEBJul 5, 1999 · Pusser, in the space of his career, was stabbed seven times and shot eight. As the sun rose on the morning of August 12, 1967, he and his wife were ambushed on New Hope Road, a short-cut between Adamsville and the state line. Pauline was killed, but Buford, whose jaw was blasted almost entirely off, survived.
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WEBMar 4, 2018 · Thinking that he had lost the assailants, he began to tend to his wife, but the car reappeared and began firing again. Pauline was struck in the head for the second time, and Buford had his jaw shot off. With the initial shots, Buford sank to the floorboard, a move that probably saved his life.
Buford Pusser's legacy: Still Walking Tall 40 years later - The Tennessean
WEBAug 26, 2014 · When Buford Pusser became the sheriff of McNairy County in 1964, he didn't expect to become a legend and a hero for the underdogs. Old friends said he was a soft-spoken gentleman.
Buford Pusser - Wikipedia
WEBBuford 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. Pusser is known for his virtual one-man war on moonshining, prostitution, gambling, and other vices along the Mississippi–Tennessee state line.
Hindsight column: Walk tall and carry a big stick - The Daily Herald
WEBSep 16, 2017 · His jaw was detached from its socket, and the sheriff could only moan in his agony. Several years of reconstructive surgeries lay before him. His ruggedly handsome face would never be handsome...
Walking Tall (1973) - IMDb
WEBPauline Pusser died and Buford was severely wounded. His jaw almost shot off. Buford was in the hospital for almost a year recovering. But when he did he continued his relentless war. In 1967 Mort Briskin caught a news story on Pusser and was captivated and believed this would make a great movie.
Walking Tall: The True Story of Buford Pusser - History Defined
WEBTwo rounds went through Pusser’s jaw. It would take a number of surgeries over almost three weeks to reconstruct his jaw. But Pusser would survive the attack and have a renewed determination to eliminate the criminal rings.
THE LEGEND OF BUFORD PUSSER STILL WALKS – Chicago Tribune
WEBAug 8, 2021 · Buford, he just floorboarded the car. He gets out to help her, and here come the outlaws again, still shooting. A big hunk of her head goes right out the window. Then they shot up his jaw.
Nashville Then: The life of famed Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser
WEBAug 25, 2024 · Former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser talks about his life on Aug. 1, 1973, ahead of the six-year anniversary of having his jaw shot off and his wife killed in a dawn ambush on Aug. 12....