View Full Version : Bud Grant, dead or alive?
The Moops
03-20-2007, 05:01 PM
I know this is a weird request, but I recently heard Bud Grant is dead. I googled his name and even came across a "dead or alive?" web site that says he's alive.
Anyone know for sure?
Everything I've seen says he's still kicking, but I'm not 100% sure.
Thx.
Dagmar
03-20-2007, 05:09 PM
Who's Bud Grant?
theAPAOps5
03-20-2007, 05:10 PM
Oh phew I am glad I am not the only one. He might be the guy that posed in your male porn signature!
The Moops
03-20-2007, 05:10 PM
Wow, I forget how old I am . . . if you're serious, he was the Vikings HOF head coach from 1968-83, 85.
The Great Stone Face!
who loves fly fishing....
Dagmar
03-20-2007, 05:11 PM
This guy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Grant
Billy Clyde Puckett
03-20-2007, 05:11 PM
Coach of the Vikings great teams in the 70s
Kids these days ..... ;D
The Moops
03-20-2007, 05:13 PM
Yup, that's him. Doesn't say he's dead . . .
Please let me know if you know for sure (weird, I know).
theAPAOps5
03-20-2007, 05:14 PM
I know the face but alas I am but a young one who was only glint in my parents eyes.
Crushaholic
03-20-2007, 05:25 PM
If he's alive, he'll be 80 in May. I haven't seen anything to say he died. I remember him in his second go-around as an NFL coach. He was a heck of a coach...
Dagmar
03-20-2007, 05:27 PM
Wikipedia would mention if he had died.
TexanBob
03-20-2007, 05:38 PM
I'd conclude he's not publicly dead. He was never a media whore so is probably living quietly out of the limelight. I'm sure the Vikings would announce it if it were true.
The Moops
03-20-2007, 05:39 PM
Yup, IMDB says he's still alive . . .
I'll see what the Vikes say.
Crushaholic
03-20-2007, 05:42 PM
Are you planning on stalking him, Moops?:rofl:
B-Love
03-20-2007, 06:13 PM
Moops, he's alive. NFL Films just did an update on him two years ago.
More amazing is Lou Saban, who is still alive at 86. With all of the stress that that old buzzard put on his ticker, it's amazing he is still kicking.
My college buddy Fantasy football trophy is called the Lou Saban Trophy.
-Slap-
03-20-2007, 06:30 PM
Old Stoneface is, by most accounts, a pretty friendly guy away from the football field.
missingnumber7
03-20-2007, 08:21 PM
He's alive. I saw him in October. He comes to my hometown every year to hunt and its a pretty big deal. He's in the Goosefest hall of fame.
broncogary
03-20-2007, 08:25 PM
He's alive. I saw him in October. He comes to my hometown every year to hunt and its a pretty big deal. He's in the Goosefest hall of fame.
That sounds pretty gay. :peace:
I would flyfish with him any day.
broncogary
03-20-2007, 09:21 PM
I would flyfish with him any day.
Whatever chokes your chicken.:rofl:
Funniest thread this week!
watermock
03-21-2007, 04:59 AM
Reportedly, he still has an office at HornHead Headquarters. He's sometime seen wandering the halls but he's so intimidating that noone dares to see if he's real or a apparition. Honestly, he has such Godlike status up here that it pales in comparison to Da Ditka.
http://www.profootballhof.com/images/upload/items/medium/01160_3827.jpg
You don't get more old school than Bud...fine coach, and fine man. Retired and dedicated himself to the persuit of exterminating Northern Pike, one at a time. Dunno what those fish did to piss him off, but you don't want to be on Bud's bad side.
He's reportadly caught at least one fish in all 10,000 lakes in Minnesota. He carves them into sushi and eats them bones and all. He once came across Paul Bunyon's Ox and knocked it out with his flyrod.
The Moops
03-21-2007, 09:42 AM
I was looking to interview him for a story and someone told me don't bother, he's sporting the same pair of shoes...
I hadn't heard that he was dead so I wanted to find out for sure.