Harry (Bud) Grant


PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS  1953-1956

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (PLAYER) 1953

COACHING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1957-1966

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (COACH) 1957,1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS (COACH) 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962

HARRY (BUD) GRANT WAS AN EXCELLENT OFFENSIVE END WHO WAS THE WEST'S LEADING PASS RECEIVER THREE OF THE FOUR YEARS HE PLAYED WITH THE BOMBERS. HE WAS SELECTED ALL-WESTERN IN 1953, 1954, AND 1956. IN A 1953 PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS, GRANT INTERCEPTED FIVE PASSES.

DURING TEN YEARS AS HEAD COACH WITH THE WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS, GRANT LED THE TEAM TO 122 WINS, 67 LOSSES AND 3 TIES FOR A WINNING AVERAGE OF 64 PERCENTAGE. THE CLUB APPEARED IN THE PLAYOFFS EIGHT TIMES AND ADVANCED TO THE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SIX TIMES. THE BOMBERS WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1958, 1959, 1961, AND 1962, EACH TIME OVER THE HAMILTON TIGER-CATS.

BUD GRANT, NICKNAMED "THE ICEMAN", RETURNED TO HIS NATIVE UNITED STATES TO COACH IN 1967 AND CONTINUED HIS WINNING TRADITION.  HE IS A MEMBER OF THE PRO-FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1983 – BUILDER

Class of 1983 Herbert (Herb) Gray, Don McPherson, Frank Morris, Earl Lunsford