Walter "Buzz" Highsmith is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player and coach. Highsmith played on the offensive line for three seasons in the American Football League

American Football League

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 for the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 and Houston Oilers. He attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Highsmith has also coached for Florida A&M, Texas Southern University

Texas Southern University

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, and the Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

 of the CFL

Canadian Football League

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Highsmith is the father of former NFL

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 player Alonzo Highsmith

Alonzo Highsmith

Alonzo Walter Highsmith is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

, and uncle of current NFL prospect Ali Highsmith

Ali Highsmith

Arlington Louis "Ali" Highsmith is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2008...

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