Carl Pusser

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Carl Pusser (July 24, 1906 – January 2, 1978) was the father of the famous lawman Buford Hayse Pusser and husband of Helen Pusser (1908-1987). He worked as a farmer, later becoming Police Chief of Adamsville, Tennessee.

He was the technical consultant of the movies Walking Tall Part II (1975) and Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977). In the made for TV movie A Real American Hero 1978, Forrest Tucker played Carl Pusser.

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