Happy Birthday, Bud Grant!

Today, we celebrate the birthday of the man that took the Minnesota Vikings to their greatest level of success, as Bud Grant is celebrating his 95th birthday today.

Grant was the second head coach in Vikings’ history, taking over for Norm van Brocklin before the start of the 1967 season. The Vikings wanted Grant to be the team’s first head coach, but he rebuffed the offers from Max Winter to take over the new expansion team in 1961 and instead stayed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, taking them to a total of four Grey Cup championships.

After taking the job with the Vikings, Grant stayed on the Minnesota sidelines for seventeen seasons, resigning after the 1983 season. After the disastrous…