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Edward Leon Budde (born November 2, 1940), a
product of Denby High School in Detroit, Michigan and later Michigan State University,
was the number one draft pick of the American Football League's Kansas City
Chiefs (then the Dallas Texans) in 1963.
Biography
An offensive guard, Budde went
on to play for the Chiefs for 14 years, longer than any other Chief
except for punter
Jerrel Wilson, a
15-year veteran. Budde was 6'5 and 260 pounds (118 kg); his
explosive blocks could spring a running back loose or keep defenders away
Chiefs signal-caller
Len Dawson. As the
heart of the Chiefs’ offensive line, his overpowering presence
helped the Chiefs to win two American Football League Championships
(1966 and 1969) and a world championship in Super Bowl IV, when
the Chiefs defeated the NFL's Minnesota Vikings 23-7.
He was selected to the American Football League All-Star team in
1963, ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 and 1969, and he played in six AFL All-Star games. He was selected for the
Sporting
News AFL
All-League team in 1969. Budde was the
first offensive lineman to be selected by the Associated
Press as an Offensive Player of the Week.
Budde, who retired after the 1976 season, is a member
of the All-Time All-AFL
Team Second Team. His son Brad Budde was an All-American at the University of Southern
California and also played in the NFL for the Chiefs.
See also
References
- Gruver, Ed (1997). The American
Football League: A Year-By-Year History, 1960-1969. Jefferson,
North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN
0-7864-0399-3.
- History: The AFL - Pro Football Hall of Fame link
- Miller, Jeff (2003). Going
Long: The Wild Ten-Year Saga of the Renegade American Football
League In the Words of Those Who Lived It. McGraw-Hill. ISBN
0-0714-1849-0.
External
links
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City Chiefs Hall of Fame |
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