Maury Anthony Buford (born February 18, 1960) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
punter in the
National Football League
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for the
San Diego Chargers, the
Chicago Bears and the
New York Giants. Buford attended
Texas Tech
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sys ...
and was selected by the Chargers in the
1982 NFL Draft
The 1982 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 27–28, 1982, at the New York Sh ...
. He won a
Super Bowl ring
The Super Bowl ring is an award in the National Football League given to the team members of the winning team of the league's annual championship game, the Super Bowl. Since only one Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the team (ownership) itsel ...
as a member of the 1985
Chicago Bears in
Super Bowl XX. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew Band" in the video The
Super Bowl Shuffle, "playing" cowbell.
During
Super Bowl XLIV
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) champ ...
, Buford joined other members of the 1985 Chicago Bears in resurrecting the
Super Bowl Shuffle in a
Boost Mobile commercial.
He now lives in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and is the owner of Buford Roofing, Inc. He is a licensed insurance adjuster in the State of Texas where he provides residential and commercial roofing services.
References
External links
databaseFootball.comChicago Bears official siteBuford Roofing, Inc official site
1960 births
Living people
American football punters
Players of American football from Texas
People from Mount Pleasant, Texas
Texas Tech Red Raiders football players
San Diego Chargers players
Chicago Bears players
New York Giants players
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