Nash Buckingham

{{Short description|American author and conservationist (1880–1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Nash Buckingham | image = Nash Buckingham.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|5|31}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1971|3|10|1880|5|31}} | occupation = Author, conservationist | known_for = De Shootinest Gent'man | module = {{Infobox college football player|embed=yes |currentposition=Tackle/Fullback |pastschools=Tennessee (1902) |highlights= *All-Southern (1902) }} }} '''Theophilus Nash Buckingham''' (May 31, 1880 – March 10, 1971), commonly referred to as Nash Buckingham, was an American author and conservationist from Tennessee. He wrote a collection of short stories entitled '''De Shootinest Gent'man'''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.owaa.org/legends/legendNashBuckingham.htm |title=OWAA Legends |access-date=August 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208210404/http://owaa.org/legends/legendNashBuckingham.htm |archive-date=February 8, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers, where he was captain and selected an All-Southern tackle in 1902.<ref>{{cite news|title=From Southeastern College Teams The Constitution Selects An Eleven|work=Atlanta Constitution|date=December 1, 1902}}</ref> The Volunteers won a school record six games in 1902 and beat rivals Sewanee and Georgia Tech. For many years after, Buckingham selected the All-Southern team for the ''Memphis Commercial Appeal''.<ref>e. g. {{cite news|url=http://atlnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/view?docId=news/aga1909/aga1909-4620.xml&query=%22All%20southern%22%20football&query-prox=10&brand=atlnewspapers-brand|work=Atlanta Georgian|title=All SIAA Teams of Past Six Years|date=November 27, 1909|access-date=December 22, 2014|archive-date=December 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213010419/http://atlnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/view?docId=news%2Faga1909%2Faga1909-4620.xml&query=%22All|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was nominated though not selected for an ''Associated Press'' All-Time Southeast 1869–1919 era team.<ref name="allt">{{Cite news |date=July 31, 1969 |title=U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1242&dat=19690731&id=TkdTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YoYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2604,3160960 |access-date=2024-03-17 |work=Kingsport Post|via=Google News}}</ref>

Buckingham wrote nine books and hundreds of articles that regularly appeared in such magazines as ''Outdoor Life'', ''Field & Stream'', and ''Sports Afield'' and ''Recreation''. His writings were often accompanied by photographs taken by the author himself.

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