Background
Buckingham was born in Riverside, California, and attended Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California.
Buckingham was born in Riverside, California, and attended Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California.
Stanford University.
He enrolled in Stanford University, and swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition. His second-place performance completed an American sweep of the event with Charlie Hickcox winning the gold medal (2:120) and John Ferris taking the bronze (2:133). He also competed in the men"s 400-meter individual medley and was judged to have finished fourth in the event final, even though his clock time was the same as the bronze medalist (4:514).
Buckingham died of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 45.
He was one of two older brothers of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.