# The NFL Vikings' Bud Grant has died; he was 95
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**Created:** [March 12, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058 "2023-03-12T05:43:50Z")
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058/1 "2023-03-12T05:43:50Z")
> **[Bud Grant, stoic coach of powerful Vikings teams, dies at 95](https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/bud-grant-stoic-coach-powerful-vikings-teams-dies-97790760)**
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> Stoic Hall of Fame football coach Bud Grant has died at the age of 95
Growing up as a huge NFL fan in the 1970s, I always saw the Vikings in the playoffs just about every season. They’re the first team to go to 4 Super Bowls.Yes, they lost them all, but still to go 4x is quite a feat. They were in:
- Super Bowl IV, 1969 season: Kansas City Chiefs, 23-7
- Super Bowl VIII, 1973 season: Miami Dolphins 24-7
- Super Bowl IX: 1974 season: Pittsburgh Steelers 16-6; the first team ever to lose back-to-back Super Bowls
- Super Bowl XI, 1976 season: Oakland Raiders 32-14
The Vikings, with their feared Purple People Eaters defense, were a force to be reckoned with.
Rest in Peace, coach.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058/2 "2023-03-12T05:58:50Z")
I’d made [a post about his passing in the NFL Off-Season thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/116) earlier today.
One of the things I found cool about Bud is his athletic journey:
- He lettered in three sports (football, basketball, baseball) for the University of Minnesota
- After graduating, he spent two years playing in the NBA for the Minneapolis Lakers; he was a reserve, but was a member of an NBA championship team there
- He then switched back over to football, and played for the Philadelphia Eagles for two years, as a two-way end; in 1952, he was second in the NFL in receptions and in receiving yards
- He went to Canada, and played four years as a receiver and defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, where he was a three-time All-Star
- After retiring as a player in 1956, he became the Blue Bombers’ head coach; in ten seasons as their coach, he won four Grey Cups
- And, _then_, he came back to the NFL, and became the Vikings’ coach
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058/3 "2023-03-12T05:59:22Z")
heh he was also infamous for believing there wasn’t such a thing as too cold, apparently, he ran around in t-shirts and NFL shorts when it was -6 in his younger days and wouldn’t let the players have onfield heaters
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058/4 "2023-03-12T06:00:57Z")
> [@nightshadea](#):
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> apparently, he ran around in t-shirts and NFL shorts when it was -6 in his younger days
Hell, he went out onto the field in -6 F weather in a polo shirt **when he was 88 years old**!
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