1972 - Track/Baseball - Oneida
DATE OF BIRTH: April 4, 1908
- BIRTH PLACE: Green Bay, Wisconsin
- TRIBE: Oneida
- EDUCATION: Haskell Indian School 1928-1932
University of New Mexico - SPORTS DATA: Track & Field - Decathlon
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Decathlon Champion Kansas Relays 1930
- National AAU Decathlon Champion 1930 (all events being held in one day)
- Member of the United States Olympic Team in 1932; 4th place Olympic Games Decathlon
- South Dakota Hall of Fame Member 1968
- Buster Charles was feted as the nation’s greatest Athlete at a Chamber of Commerce banquet in Lawrence, Kansas.