Posted on 03/11/2023 1:49:44 PM PST by Rummyfan
Bud Grant, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances, has died at the age of 95, the Vikings announced Saturday.
In Grant's 28 seasons as a head coach in Canada and with the Vikings, his teams reached the playoffs 20 times, played in 10 championship games and won four titles. However, none of those titles came in the NFL, as he became the first coach to lose four Super Bowls.
Grant was the first person to be inducted into both the CFL Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He had a career regular-season record of 158-96-5 in the NFL and 102-56-2 in the CFL and went a combined 26-20-1 in the postseason between the two leagues.
"No single individual more defined the Minnesota Vikings than Bud Grant," Vikings owners Mark and Zygi Wilf and their family said in a statement. "A once-in-a lifetime man, Bud will forever be synonymous with success, toughness, the north and the Vikings."
Pro Football Hall of Fame president Jim Porter remembered Grant for his continued connection to the Hall "well into his 90s."
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Bum Phillips.
“No, Danny! No!”
At age 95, internal organs are worn out even if one look ok on outside.u
one of the greats...man, the Lions could NEVER beat any of his Viking teams in the late 60’s, early 70’s....drove me crazy....
Bud Grant used to go fly fishing on game days, if I remember an article from The Sporting News.
Yeah... what a slip-up for *ESPN* to make, to not know that the NFL championship predated the Superbowl.
As a Packers fan, I’ll miss Coach Grant...Prayers to his family and the Vikings community...
Not just fishing but he was a hunter too. Kept a shotgun in his truck and frequently bagged a duck or other edible varmit on his way home after practice or even a game. Not bothered by the small stuff. RIP
And hunting. Not just on game days.
Survived the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940, as did my father, who abandoned his shotgun in the unanticipated storm.
https://www.postbulletin.com/bud-grant-says-gorgeous-day-in-1940-turned-wicked
Great coach.
Sam and the Browns and Brian Sipe... they came close a couple of times.
Another yankee bites the dust.
Meh.
It’s one of my favorite trip-up trivia questions, “How many NFL Championships have the Minnesota Vikings won?”
It’s no coincidence that the Vikings haven’t been back to the Super Bowl since they moved indoors.
Correct. And the 68 Baltimore Colts were the other one.
So I believe the Colts are the only Franchise to appear in a Super Bowl as both an NFL and an AFC team.
Add this to trivia night. :-)
Only two horses won the Kentucky Derby in under two minutes: Secretariat and Monarchos. Secretariat posted the fastest Kentucky Derby ever. What horse posted the second fastest time? (Answer: Sham who finished second to Secretariat).
RIP
Sam Rutigliano is 91.
Do 800 million Chinese people care? (Gotta be a Clevelander to get that.)
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