Bud Grant
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Positions: Defensive End , Wide Receiver , Head Coach |
Jersey number (s): 86 |
| born May 20, 1927 in Superior , Wisconsin | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1951 - 1985 | |
| NFL Draft : 1950 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14 | |
| College : University of Minnesota | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Captured passports | 56 |
| Yards | 997 |
| Touchdowns | 7th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| Canadian Football Hall of Fame | |
Bud Grant (* 20th May 1927 in Superior , Wisconsin ) is a former American Football players and coaches in the National Football League (NFL). He is best known for his success as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings , with whom he became NFL champions in 1969 and reached the Super Bowl three times .
Career
player
Grant was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles , although he had already been signed by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1949 NBA Draft . Grant decided to play basketball for another year after the championship in 1949 . Then he decided to end his basketball career and asked the Eagles who signed him. He played as a defensive end in his first year in the NFL and moved to the position of wide receiver the following season . As the latter, he got 56 trapped passes for 997 yards and seven touchdowns . Although the Philadelphia Eagles were ready to extend Grant's contract, this decided to switch to the predecessor league of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He stayed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers until 1956, where he ended his active career.
Trainer
The Blue Bombers happened to be looking for a new coach at the end of the season. The then club president JT Russell put his trust in Grant and left him the position of head coach . He led the team to the Gray Cup six times in ten seasons and won it four times. In 1965 he was named CFL Coach of the Year. He came with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a total of 122 wins with 66 losses and three draws. In 1967, the founder of the Minnesota Vikings , Max Winter , managed to hire Grant as head coach after he had already turned down an offer in 1961.
Bud Grant also quickly celebrated initial successes with the Vikings. In his second year he led the team into the play-offs for the first time . A year later he was able to beat this performance again, was champion of the NFL and only failed in Super Bowl IV at the Kansas City Chiefs . This was followed by three more Super Bowls ( VIII , IX and XI ), which Grant also lost with the Vikings. After the end of the 1983 season , he retired from office. Due to the unsuccessfulness under Head Coach Les Steckel , Bud Grant jumped in for another year in 1985 , but ended his coaching engagement for good at the end of the season.
Web links
- Biography on vikings.com
- Bud Grant - player profile on basketball-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on scot.com
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| SURNAME | Grant, Bud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Superior , Wisconsin , United States |