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4 unusual facts about The Buccaneers


George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester

One of Consuelo Iznaga's closest friends, Edith Wharton, was said to have incorporated certain aspects of her friend's marriage in her unfinished novel, The Buccaneers.

Houghton Lodge

The house and grounds have been used as filming locations for the film Wilde, and the television adaptations of David Copperfield, The Buccaneers and The Murder at the Vicarage.

The Buccaneers

A previous children's television series produced by ITC Entertainment in 1956 has no relation to the Edith Wharton novel.

Independently, in the same year, the BBC hired screenwriter Maggie Wadey to adapt and finish the novel for a television serial adaptation, which was produced by the BBC and American PBS broadcaster WGBH, and screened on BBC One in the UK and in the Masterpiece Theatre series in the United States, airing in 1995.



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1976 New York Jets season

The television series, Barney Miller, referenced the game between the Buccaneers playing at the Jets, in the 3rd season episode "The Recluse", in which Yemana had tickets to the Jets/Tampa Bay game.

1979 Kansas City Chiefs season

As both clubs struggled to move the ball under monsoon-like conditions (Kansas City was held to 80 total yards), a field goal late in the fourth quarter by the Buccaneers' Neil O'Donoghue averted the NFL’s first scoreless tie since 1943, allowing Tampa Bay to win the NFC Central division championship after a three-game losing streak.

2013–14 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team

The Buccaneers, led by 11th year head coach Murry Bartow, play their home games at the ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center, with three home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center, and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers

Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers also sang the 1959 Chicago White Sox fight song, "Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox", and Tom Fouts was the voice of Green Giant's Little Sprout.

Honor Oak Cricket Club Ground

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1943, when the Buccaneers played Northamptonshire in a wartime charity match.

Lawrence Tynes

On July 17, 2013, the Buccaneers acquired Tynes after Connor Barth suffered a season-ending torn achilles tendon.

Mark Dominik

In 2002, Dominik was in the organization when Jon Gruden guided the Buccaneers to their first world championship, in their Super Bowl XXXVII victory over the Oakland Raiders.

Stellarcon

Additional attendees are vendors, selling a variety of merchandise, and fan groups such as the 501st Legion (Stormtroopers), Klingon Assault Group, Star Fleet, The Browncoats, Stargate:SO-Com, Shadowmoor, and The Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast.