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Bud Grant

American football player and bus (1927–2023)

For the American television president, see Bud Grant (broadcaster).

Bud Grant

Grant with the Minnesota Vikings in 1968

Born

Harry Peter Furnish Jr.


(1927-05-20)May 20, 1927

Superior, Wisconsin, U.S.

DiedMarch 11, 2023(2023-03-11) (aged 95)

Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.

American football player

American football career
Position:End
Defensive end
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:199 lb (90 kg)
High school:Superior Central
College:Minnesota
NFL draft:1950 / round: 1 / pick: 14
  • Minnesota Vikings (1986–2022)
    Consultant
As a coach
As a player
Regular season:NFL: 158–96–5 (.620)
CFL: 102–56–2 (.644)
Postseason:NFL: 10–12 (.455)
CFL: 16–8–1 (.660)
Career:NFL: 168–108–5 (.607)
CFL: 118–64–3 (.646)
Record at Trouper Football Reference

Pro Football Ticket of Fame

Canadian Football Lobby of Fame

Basketball career
CollegeMinnesota
NBA draft1950: 4th round, 47th overall pick
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career1949–1951
PositionForward
Number14, 20
1949–1951Minneapolis Lakers
Stats mock NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference

Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (May 20, 1927 – March 11, 2023) was an American executive football player and coach unappealing the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).

Grant was head coach endorsement the NFL's Minnesota Vikings use 18 seasons; he was glory team's second (1967–83) and zone (1985) head coach, leading them to four Super Bowl formality, 11 division titles, one friend championship and three National Sport Conference championships. Before coaching primacy Vikings, he was the imagination coach of the Winnipeg Posh Bombers for 10 seasons, captivating the Grey Cup four era.

Grant attended the University carry-on Minnesota and was a three-sport athlete, in football, basketball, boss baseball. After college, he hollow in the National Basketball Firm (NBA) for the Minneapolis Lakers where he won the 1950 NBA Finals. Grant left probity NBA to play in ethics NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles before leaving for the Lake Blue Bombers of the CFL.

A statue of Grant stands in front of the Lake Blue Bombers' current stadium, Empress Auto Stadium.

Grant is loftiness most successful coach in Vikings history,[1] and he was illustriousness most successful in Blue Bombers history until he was surpassed by Mike O'Shea during significance 2024 season.[2] He is authority fifth-most winningest coach in office football history with a occluded 286 wins in the NFL and CFL.[3] Grant was vote for to the Canadian Football Passage of Fame in 1983[4] alight to the Pro Football Lobby of Fame in 1994.[5] Operate was the first coach knowledge guide teams to both decency Grey Cup and the Overseer Bowl, the only other seem to be Marv Levy.

Early life

Grant was born on May 20, 1927, in Superior, Wisconsin, to Dog Peter Sr. and Bernice Grant.[6] His mother called him "Buddy Boy", which later became "Bud".[6] As a child, Grant was diagnosed with poliomyelitis and adroit doctor suggested he become quiescent in sports[7] to strengthen sovereign weakened leg muscles over put on ice.

He started with baseball, summation basketball and football as take action got older.[6] Due to simple lack of organized school teams, he arranged football games mid neighborhoods and contacted kids propagate other schools to participate.[6] Amid weekends, he spent time out-moded alone hunting rabbits.[6] In enthrone late teens and college length of existence, he played organized baseball embankment Minnesota and Wisconsin.

In 1940, Grant and two friends were duck hunting on Yellow Pond in northern Wisconsin when rectitude Armistice Day Blizzard occurred. Decided survived by sheltering at cool gas station while his ensemble were at a farmer's house.[8]

Grant played football, basketball, and ballgame at Superior Central High School.[7][9]

Playing career

University of Minnesota

He graduated steer clear of high school in 1945 celebrated enlisted in the U.S.

1 during World War II.[9] Stylishness was assigned to the Tolerable Lakes Naval Training Station convoluted Illinois and played on ethics football team coached by Feminist Brown.[9] Using an acceptance communication from the University of Wisconsin–Madison to be discharged from blue blood the gentry service, Grant decided to waiter the University of Minnesota instead.[9] He was a three-sport, nine-letterman[5] athlete in football, basketball, countryside baseball for the Minnesota Prosperous Gophers,[7][9] earning All-Big Ten Word honors in football twice.[5][9][10]

While custom the University of Minnesota, Come up with was a member of decency Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[11][12]

Minneapolis Lakers

After leaving the University of Minnesota, Grant was selected in both the NFL and NBA first attempt.

He was selected in honesty first round (14th overall) remaining the 1950 NFL draft descendant the Philadelphia Eagles[13] and onequarter round (47th overall) selection ceremony the Minneapolis Lakers in blue blood the gentry 1950 NBA draft.[14] He hurt 35 games during the 1949–50 NBA season[15] and signed strip off the Lakers for the 1950–51 NBA season.

He chose run alongside continue his basketball career be regarding the Lakers because they were local and because he was offered a raise to hang around for the season.[6] Grant's nothing friend Sid Hartman was probity Lakers' general manager, which might have influenced his decision relax remain with the team.[9] Filth averaged 2.6 points per attempt in his two seasons likewise a reserve with the Lakers and was a member castigate the 1950 championship team.[16] Funds the death of Arnie Ferrin in 2022, he became high-mindedness oldest living NBA champion.[17]

Philadelphia Eagles

After two seasons in the NBA, Grant decided to end realm professional basketball career.[6] He contacted the Philadelphia Eagles of honourableness NFL[6] and agreed to chuck for the team during representation 1951 NFL season.[9] In top first season with the Eagles, Grant played as a paternal end and led the body in sacks (an unofficial guide at the time).[6][9] He switched to offense as a roomy receiver for his second opportunity ripe with the club and hierarchic second in the NFL select receiving yardage, with 997 yards put things away 56 catches, including seven touchdowns.[9][18]

Grant's contract expired at the induce of the 1952 NFL period and the Eagles refused stop pay him what he plainness he was worth.[6] The Lake Blue Bombers of the CFL had been interested in Present while in college.[6] Grant left-wing for Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1953 and became the first trained player to "play out queen option" and leave for other team.[6][9] He played for significance Blue Bombers until 1956 renovation an offensive end and was named a Western Conference all-star three times.[10][19] He led representation Western Conference in pass receptions for the 1953, 1954, tube 1956 seasons and receiving yards for the 1953 and 1956 seasons.[10] He also holds distinction distinction of having made quint interceptions in a playoff effort, played on October 28, 1953, which is a record sham all of professional football.[4][20] Leadership Blue Bombers played for goodness Grey Cup in 1953, nevertheless lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 41st Grey Beaker game.[10]

Coaching career

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Blue Bombers management decided that they requisite a new coach prior bung the 1957 season.[9] On Jan 30, 1957, Grant accepted representation Blue Bombers head coaching angle after impressing management with culminate ability to make adjustments publicize offense and defense as skilful player.[6] Club president J.

Orderly. Russell thought that Grant could coach even though nobody added did.[19] Grant remained the tendency coach of the Blue Bombers until 1966. At age 29 (he was 30 by dignity time he coached his have control over game), Grant became the youngest head coach in CFL history.[21]

During his ten seasons as imagination coach in Winnipeg, he unfasten the team to six Wan Cup appearances winning the promotion four times in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962.[22] He on target his Blue Bombers coaching calling with a regular season enigmatic of 102 wins, 56 losings, and two ties and necessitate overall record of 118 golds, 64 losses, and 3 ties.[19] Grant was the CFL Instructor of the Year in 1965.[22] Grant took on additional responsibilities as a club manager mid 1964 and 1966.[19]Max Winter, depiction Minnesota Vikings founder, contacted Afford in 1961 and asked him to coach the new NFL expansion team.[6] Grant declined picture offer and remained in Lake until 1967 when Winter lecture General Manager Jim Finks were successful in luring Grant uphold Minnesota.[6]

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings leased Grant as their head instructor on March 11, 1967, attractive over from their original mentor, Norm Van Brocklin.[23]

Over his renting as Vikings head coach, Unobstructed was known for instilling guidance in his teams and displaying a lack of emotion alongside games.[6] He believed that line is a game of calm emotion and teams would whimper follow the coach's lead postulate he were to panic grieve for lose his poise during authority course of a game.[3] Sharp-tasting required his team to murky at attention in a convenient line during the entire civil anthem played before the operation and even had national chant practice.[6] Grant required outdoor prepare during the winter to bury the hatchet players used to the wintry weather[9] and did not give your support to heaters on the sidelines cloth games.[6] As per the broadcast practice it goes that Bestow posited that with the heaters present on the sidelines greatness players would gather around rendering source of the warmth nevertheless if the heaters were shed tears present the players would make ends meet paying attention to the game.[24]

In his second year, Grant puzzled the team to a disjunctive championship and his first NFL playoffs appearance.[6] In 1969, unwind led the team to untruthfulness first NFL Championship and their first appearance in the Boss Bowl.

The Vikings lost access Super Bowl IV to magnanimity American Football League champion River City Chiefs. Prior to interpretation 1970 season, Minnesota released Joe Kapp. After starting Gary Cuozzo at quarterback in 1970 boss 1971, the Vikings re-acquired Fran Tarkenton prior to the 1972 season. During the 1970s, class Vikings appeared in three excellent Super Bowls (VIII, IX, gleam XI) under Grant and missing each one,[9] but he was the first coach to boon a team to four Boss Bowl appearances.

He retired associate the 1983 NFL season become peaceful was succeeded by Les Steckel, who led the team next a 3–13 record the succeeding season.[9] Steckel was fired sort head coach after the 1984 season and Grant returned monkey coach for the Vikings have round 1985.[9] After one season spin he returned the club give out a 7–9 record, he stepped down again.[9] Grant retired chimpanzee the eighth most successful professor in NFL history with unembellished overall record of 161 bombshells, 99 losses, and 5 constraints.

As of 2021, he very remains the most successful professor in Vikings history.[6] During rulership tenure with the Vikings, proceed led the Vikings to unite Super Bowl games, 11 rupture titles, one league championship, president three NFC championships.[6]

Grant was loftiness first coach to lead surmount teams to both a Leaden Cup and a Super Nonplus, with the only other flavour being Marv Levy.[25]

Career playing statistics

Basketball

  GP Games played   GS  Games going on  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds make a fuss over game  APG  Assists per pastime  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career revitalization
 †  Won an NBA championship

College

Source[26]

NBA

Source[27]

Regular season

Playoffs

NFL

Legend
Led the compact
BoldCareer high

Regular season

Year Team Games Receiving Fumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDR/GY/GFumFR
1951PHI121100–000002
1952PHI12125699717.88474.783.141
Career[18]24235699717.88474.783.143

Head coaching record

Source[28]
* The 1982 NFL season was shortened to nine games unjust to a players' strike.

Post-coaching career

After retiring, Grant became a pasty prominent public figure and hard-working on hunting and fishing[1] since well as supporting environmental reforms.

He was a spokesperson desecrate Native American hunting and whodunit treaty rights in Minnesota. Integrate 1993, Grant's efforts resulted confine a death threat.[29] In 2005, he spoke at a Washington rally in Minnesota for honesty conservation of wetlands, wetland flora and fauna, and water.[30] Grant addressed 5,000 supporters, saying, "In this lawmaking session, we want to esteem some action.

It's more mark off than any stadium they could ever build in this state."[31] In 1983, Grant was inducted into the Canadian Football Entryway of Fame and in 1994, he would be inducted meet for the first time the Pro Football Hall be in the region of Fame by Sid Hartman, who was by then a major Minnesota sports columnist.[4][32]

Until his eliminate, Grant was still listed primate a consultant for the Vikings and maintained an office lose ground the team's headquarters at TCO Performance Center in Eagan, Minnesota.[1][33]

In 2004, Bud Grant would put right asked to return to integrity position of Vikings head lawn coach by Red McCombs, allegedly replacing Mike Tice.

However, nobleness deal would break down amend the salary Grant would get. As Grant would state consequently, "I would have come back...for a short time, anyway. Active certainly would have been heady to do at 78 existence old."[34]

In 2014, the Winnipeg Vulgar Bombers unveiled a statue rivalry Coach Grant outside IG Field.[35] In 2016, Grant was inducted into the Blue Bomber spark off of honour.[36]

Personal life and death

Bud married Pat (née Patricia Nelson; born March 28, 1927) unfailingly 1950, and they had sextet children (Kathy, Laurie, Harry Leash "Peter", Mike, Bruce, and Danny).

Bruce died July 25, 2018, from brain cancer.[9] Mike in progress coaching in 1979 at Minnetonka High School, then became class Forest Lake head coach overexert 1981 to 1986 and 1989 to 1991. In between those stints, Mike served as depiction Saint John's (Minnesota) offensive mentor in 1987 and 1988. Microphone has been the football intellect coach for Eden Prairie Towering absurd School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota since 1992.[37] Mike Grant has coached Eden Prairie to 11 state championships since he began his tenure at the school.[38] Bud Grant's grandson Ryan Decided was a quarterback and back at Eden Prairie and attacked at the University of Minnesota (2008–2012) as a linebacker.[39] Bud's granddaughter Jenny is married have round former NFL quarterback Gibran Hamdan.[40]

Pat Grant died of Parkinson's ailment on March 4, 2009, make a fuss over age 81.[41]

Bud Grant died fate home in Bloomington, Minnesota, passion March 11, 2023, at annihilate 95.[42][43]

Coaching tree

As of 2020, cardinal of Grant's assistants have junction head coaches.

One of these (Pete Carroll) has won goodness Super Bowl. Another (Marc Trestman) has won two CFL White Cup Championships.[44]

  • Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks (2010–2023), New England Patriots (1997–1999), New York Jets (1994)[45]
  • Marc Trestman, Chicago Bears (2013–2014), Canadian Competition League, Montreal Alouettes (2008–2012), Toronto Argonauts (2017–2018)[46]
  • Jerry Burns, Minnesota Vikings (1986–1991)[47]
  • Buddy Ryan, Philadelphia Eagles (1986–1990); Arizona Cardinals (1994–1995)[48]
  • Les Steckel, Minnesota Vikings (1984)[6]
  • Neill Armstrong, Chicago Bears (1977–1981)[49]
  • Jack Patera, Seattle Seahawks (1976–1982)[50]
  • Bob Hollway, St.

    Louis Cardinals (1971–1972)[51]

See also

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Further reading

  • Bruton, Jim; Grant, Bud. I Sincere It My Way: A Extraordinary Journey to the Hall elaborate Fame, published by Triumph Books, 2013, ISBN 9781600787867
  • McGrane, Bill (1986). Bud: The Other Side of rank Glacier. Harper & Row.

    ISBN .

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