Буд Грант: Американдық футбол және баскетболдың көрнекті тұлғасы

American gridiron football player and coach (1927–2023)
the American television executive

Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (May 20, 1927 – March 11, 2023) was an American professional gridiron football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Grant was head coach of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings for 18 seasons; he was the team's second (1967–83) and fourth (1985) head coach, leading them to four Super Bowl appearances, 11 division titles, one league championship and three National Football Conference championships. Before coaching the Vikings, he was the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for 10 seasons, winning the Grey Cup four times. Grant attended the University of Minnesota and was a three sport athlete, in football, basketball, and baseball. After college, he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis Lakers where he won the 1950 NBA Finals. Grant left the NBA to play in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles before leaving for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL. A statue of Grant stands in front of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' current stadium, IG Field. Grant is the most successful coach in both Vikings and Blue Bombers history. Grant was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994. His mother called him "Buddy Boy", which later became "Bud". Grant played football, basketball, and baseball at Superior Central High School.

He graduated from high school in 1945 and enlisted in the U. S. Navy during World War II. athlete in football, basketball, and baseball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers,

While at the University of Minnesota, Grant was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

After leaving the University of Minnesota, Grant was selected in both the NFL and NBA draft. He was selected in the first round (14th overall) of the 1950 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles and fourth round (47th overall) selection of the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1950 NBA draft. He played 35 games during the 1949–50 NBA season and signed with the Lakers for the 1950–51 NBA season. He chose to continue his basketball career with the Lakers because they were local and because he was offered a raise to stay for the season. After the death of Arnie Ferrin in 2022, he became the oldest living NBA champion.

After two seasons in the NBA, Grant decided to end his professional basketball career. He led the Western Conference in pass receptions for the 1953, 1954, and 1956 seasons and receiving yards for the 1953 and 1956 seasons. The Blue Bombers played for the Grey Cup in 1953, but lost to the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the 41st Grey Cup game. During his ten seasons as head coach in Winnipeg, he led the team to six Grey Cup appearances winning the championship four times in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962. He finished his Blue Bombers coaching career with a regular season record of 105 wins, 53 losses, and two ties and an overall record of 122 wins, 66 losses, and 3 ties. Over his tenure as Vikings head coach, Grant was known for instilling discipline in his teams and displaying a lack of emotion during games. In his second year, Grant led the team to a divisional championship and his first NFL playoffs appearance.

YearTeamGPFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG1949–50†Minneapolis35.365.412.52.61950–51Minneapolis61.288.6271.91.22.6Career96.318.5901.9.92.6

YearTeamGPFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG1950†Minneapolis11.400.500.63.91951Minneapolis6.3641.000.8.01.8Career17.393.588.8.43.2

Year Team Games Receiving Fumbles GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD R/G Y/G Fum FR 1951 PHI12 11 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 1952 PHI12 12 56 997 17.8 84 7 4.7 83.1 4 1 Career 24 23 56 997 17.8 84 7 4.7 83.1 4 3

After retiring, Grant became a less prominent public figure and focused on hunting and fishing as well as supporting environmental reforms. He was a spokesperson against Native American hunting and fishing treaty rights in Minnesota. In 1993, Grant's efforts resulted in a death threat. In 2005, he spoke at a Capitol rally in Minnesota for the conservation of wetlands, wetland wildlife, and water. Grant addressed 5,000 supporters, saying, "In this legislative session, we want to see some action. It's more important than any stadium they could ever build in this state." In 1983, Grant was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 1994, he would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame by Sid Hartman, who was by then a senior Minnesota sports columnist. Until his death, Grant was still listed as a consultant for the Vikings and maintained an office at the team's headquarters at TCO Performance Center in Eagan, Minnesota. In 2004, Bud Grant would be asked to return to the position of Vikings head football coach by Red McCombs, hypothetically replacing Mike Tice. However, the deal would break down over the salary Grant would receive. As Grant would state afterwards, "I would have come back for a short time, anyway. It certainly would have been exciting to do at 78 years old." In 2014, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers unveiled a statue of Coach Grant outside IG Field. In 2016, Grant was inducted into the Blue Bomber ring of honour.

Bud married Pat (née Patricia Nelson; born March 28, 1927) in 1950, and they had six children (Kathy, Laurie, Harry III "Peter", Mike, Bruce, and Danny). Bruce died July 25, 2018, from brain cancer. Mike Grant has coached Eden Prairie to 11 state championships since he began his tenure at the school. Bud Grant's grandson Ryan Grant was a quarterback and linebacker at Eden Prairie and played at the University of Minnesota (2008–2012) as a linebacker. Bud's granddaughter Jenny is married to former NFL quarterback Gibran Hamdan. Pat Grant died of Parkinson's disease on March 4, 2009, at age 81. Bud Grant died at home in Bloomington, Minnesota, on March 11, 2023, at age 95.