Bud Grant dies at 95

Bud Grant pacing the sidelines in 1979.

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Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant threw behind defensive players to test reflexes during camp on July 18, 1967.

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Neill Armstrong, right, Minnesota Vikings defensive coach, studied some films with head coach Bud Grant in 1971.

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Vikings Coach Bud Grant and quarterback Tommy Kramer stared intently during fourth quarter action on the field in October, 1981.

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Hubert Humphrey and Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant Grant gave Humphrey his hat on September 3, 1971.

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Minnesota Vikings football coach Bud Grant in 1970.

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Minnesota Vikings Coach Bud Grant signed autographs at training camp on July 27, 1983.

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Bud Grant with quarterback Joe Kapp on September 6, 1967.

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Minnesota Coach Bud Grant, left, viewed the fans and signs supporting the Viking the Vikings at Twin Cities International Airport Monday on their return from the Super Bowl in 1975.

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Bud Grant took a seat between Max Winter, left, and Mike Lynn after accepting an offer in December, 1984, to coach the Vikings again.

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Vikings owner Max Winter presented former coach Bud Grant with a painting of himself on September 2, 1984.

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Coach Bud Grant shouted orders during his first day back at Vikings training camp in August,1985.

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Minnesota Gophers football player Bud Grant in 1946.

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Minnesota Gophers basketball player Bud Grant in 1948.

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Bud Grant drives his snowmobile in the deep snow on February 6, 1971.

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Bud Grant was greeted by Bruno, a 15-month-old orangutan, when the Vikings coach came to work on April Fool’s Day in 1980. Grant, who has a reputation for playing practical jokes on the club’s office staff, was on the receiving end yesterday. Bruno was from the Como Park Zoo.

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Bud Grant and his dog Maggie joined Kevin McHale for a morning pheasant hunt at Wild Wings Hunting Club in Hugo, Minnesota on February 6, 1994.

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Bud Grant relaxed with his black Lab, Maggie, on his property on Simms Lake near Gordon, Wis. in 1995.

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Bud Grant, photographed in 1999.

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Retired Vikings head coach Bud Grant was photographed in his basement on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 in Bloomington.

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A street was dedicated to honor former Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant on December 1, 2014 in Minneapolis.

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Former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant arrived at a ceremony Monday were a street was dedicated in his honor near the new Vikings stadium on December 1, 2014 in Minneapolis.

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Sid Hartman spoke next to Bud Grant during an unveiling for the new Sid Hartman Interview Room Friday at the Vikings new training facility in Eagan on June 15, 2018 at the Vikings new training facility in Eagan.

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Bud Grant and his son Mike Grant, head coach at Eden Prairie, joked around on the sidelines during Eden Prairie’s practice on the home turf of the Canadian Blue Bombers in September, 2010.

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Former players lifted Bud Grant , former Vikings coach on their shoulders and carried him around the field at halftime in December, 2010.

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Former Vikings head coach Bud Grant acknowledged the cheers of the crowd during pre-game festivities on the opening day at TCF stadium with a game against Air Force in 2009.

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