# The NFL Vikings' Bud Grant has died; he was 95

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058
**Category:** The Game Room
**Tags:** football-nfl
**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")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@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")

</div>

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

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-vikings-bud-grant-has-died-he-was-95/981058)._