Bud Grant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bud Grant

coach of American and Canadian football

Date of Birth: 20-May-1927

Place of Birth: Superior, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: coach, basketball player, baseball player, American football player, Canadian football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr.
(born May 20, 1927) is a former head coach and player of American football, Canadian football, and a former basketball player in the NBA.
Grant served as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) for eighteen seasons; he was the team's second (1967–83) and fourth (1985) head coach.
Before coaching the Vikings, he was the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for ten seasons, winning the Grey Cup four times.
Grant is the most successful coach in Vikings history, and the third most successful professional football coach overall (behind Don Shula and George Halas), with a combined 283 wins in the NFL and CFL.
Grant was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
He was the first coach to guide teams to the Grey Cup and the Super Bowl. Grant attended the University of Minnesota and was a three-sport athlete, in football, basketball, and baseball.
After college, he played for the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL.
A statue of Grant stands in front of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' current stadium, Investors Group Field.