Buford Pusser

My favorite walk-on: tough-guy sheriff Buford Pusser, whose car Jimmy Buffett summited wearing golf shoes during a misadventure out of town.

Wasting Away Again in Margaritaville Wayne Curtis 2011

And that's exactly what he does in "Walking Tall," the 1973 box-office bonanza with Mr. Baker playing a glorified version of legendary Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser.

Watching in Another Dimension Steve Dollar 2011

As for Webb McClain, the old friend of Buford Pusser in the TV version of 'Walking Tall', he died in the one episode in which he appeared.

THE HAT SQUAD: MERLIN OLSEN Toby O'B 2010

But he's a lawyer and actor who now has the air of a brusque lawman unconcerned with consequences: Buford Pusser with a gavel.

Collision Course 2008

The man grew up with Buford Pusser on one side and the Jack Daniels distillery on the other.

"Nothing ever upset Fred Thompson more than the story that he was considering dropping out to endorse McCain." Ann Althouse 2008

McNairy County had its own almost-fictional sheriff in the 1960s and 1970s: Sheriff Buford Pusser became famous as a crusader, a tremendously tall man carrying a big stick, who waged war against corruption in his county, whether it was suspect politicians or bootleg whiskey stills.

Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder Ann Rule 2008

Coming up, a convenience store clerk has a Buford Pusser moment.

CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2006 2006

Buford Pusser style, just goes after him with the bat.

CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2006 2006

If Buford Pusser moved to Hazard, and tried to bring order to a county where the Duke Boys were "... making their way, the only way they know how/That's just a little bit more than the law would allow", who would the rednecks root for?

Archive 2005-01-16 Rogers 2005

I like to think that's the kind guy He was, a man like Sheriff Buford Pusser in the movie Walking Tall or perhaps more accurately, like the late governor of Georgia, Lester Maddox, who was always willing to swing an axe handle in defense of White Christian values.

Archive 2004-10-17 2004