Bud Grant

Harry Peter " Bud " Grant Jr. (20 ga Mayu, 1927 – 11 ga Maris, 2023) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Amurka kuma mai horarwa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa (NFL) da gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kanada (CFL). Grant ya kasance babban kocin Minnesota Vikings na NFL na tsawon shekaru 18; shi ne na biyu a ƙungiyar (1967–83) kuma na huɗu a (1985), wanda ya jagorance su zuwa wasanni huɗu na Super Bowl, kofuna 11 a rukuni, gasar lig ɗaya da kuma gasar cin kofin ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa uku. Kafin ya horar da Vikings, ya kasance babban kocin Winnipeg Blue Bombers na tsawon shekaru 10, inda ya lashe gasar Grey sau huɗu.

Grant ya halarci Jami'ar Minnesota kuma ɗan wasa ne mai wasanni uku, a fannin ƙwallon ƙafa, ƙwallon kwando, da kuma ƙwallon baseball. Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya buga wasa a Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA) ga Minneapolis Lakers inda ya lashe gasar NBA ta 1950. Grant ya bar NBA don buga wasa a NFL tare da Philadelphia Eagles kafin ya tafi Winnipeg Blue Bombers na CFL . Wani mutum-mutumin Grant yana tsaye a gaban filin wasa na Winnipeg Blue Bombers na yanzu, wato Princess Auto Stadium .

Grant shine koci mafi nasara a tarihin Vikings,  kuma shine mafi nasara a tarihin Blue Bombers har sai da Mike O'Shea ya zarce shi a kakar wasa ta 2024.  Shi ne koci na biyar mafi nasara a tarihin kwallon kafa na ƙwararru, tare da jimillar nasarori 286 a NFL da CFL.  An zaɓi Grant a zauren shahararriyar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kanada a 1983  da kuma zauren shahararriyar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Pro a 1994.  Shi ne koci na farko da ya jagoranci ƙungiyoyi zuwa gasar Grey Cup da Super Bowl, ɗaya tilo kuma shine Marv Levy .

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Grant a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1927, a Superior, Wisconsin, ga Harry Peter Sr. da Bernice Grant.  Mahaifiyarsa ta kira shi "Buddy Boy", wanda daga baya ya zama "Bud".  Tun yana yaro, an gano cewa Grant yana da cutar shan inna kuma likita ya ba da shawarar ya zama mai himma a wasanni  don ƙarfafa tsokoki na ƙafafuwansa da suka raunana akan lokaci. Ya fara da wasan baseball, ƙara ƙwallon kwando da ƙwallon ƙafa yayin da yake girma.  Saboda rashin ƙungiyoyin makaranta da aka tsara, ya shirya wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa tsakanin unguwannin kuma ya tuntuɓi yara daga wasu makarantu don shiga.  A ƙarshen mako, ya yi lokaci a waje shi kaɗai yana farautar zomaye.  A ƙarshen shekarunsa na ƙuruciya da kuma shekarunsa na kwaleji, ya buga wasan ƙwallon baseball a Minnesota da Wisconsin.

A shekarar 1940, Grant da abokansa biyu suna farautar agwagwa a Yellow Lake da ke arewacin Wisconsin lokacin da aka yi bikin Ranar Yaƙi da Yaƙi da Yaƙi . Grant ya tsira ta hanyar mafaka a wani gidan mai yayin da abokansa ke gidan wani manomi. 

Grant ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa, ƙwallon kwando, da ƙwallon baseball a Makarantar Sakandare ta Superior Central.  

 Sana'ar wasa 

 Jami'ar Minnesota 
Ya kammala karatunsa na sakandare a shekarar 1945 kuma ya shiga rundunar sojojin ruwan Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .  An tura shi zuwa Tashar Horar da Sojojin Ruwa ta Great Lakes da ke Illinois kuma ya buga wasa a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa wadda Paul Brown ke horar da ita.  Ta amfani da takardar amincewa daga Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison don a kore shi daga aikin, Grant ya yanke shawarar zuwa Jami'ar Minnesota maimakon haka.  Ya kasance ɗan wasa mai wasanni uku, mai haruffa tara  a ƙwallon ƙafa, ƙwallon kwando, da ƙwallon baseball ga Minnesota Golden Gophers,   ya sami lambar yabo ta All-Big Ten Conference a ƙwallon ƙafa sau biyu.   

Lokacin da yake Jami'ar Minnesota, Grant memba ne na ƙungiyar Phi Delta Theta .  

 Minneapolis Lakers 
Bayan ya bar Jami'ar Minnesota, an zaɓi Grant a cikin daftarin NFL da NBA . An zaɓe shi a zagaye na farko (na 14 gaba ɗaya) na daftarin NFL na 1950 ta hannun Philadelphia Eagles  da kuma zagaye na huɗu (na 47 gaba ɗaya) na zaɓen Minneapolis Lakers a cikin daftarin NBA na 1950.  Ya buga wasanni 35 a lokacin kakar NBA ta 1949–50  kuma ya sanya hannu tare da Lakers don kakar NBA ta 1950–51 . Ya zaɓi ya ci gaba da aikinsa na ƙwallon kwando tare da Lakers saboda suna cikin gida kuma saboda an ba shi ƙarin albashi don ya zauna a kakar wasa.  Abokin Grant na kud da kud Sid Hartman shine babban manajan Lakers, wanda wataƙila ya yi tasiri ga shawararsa ta ci gaba da kasancewa tare da ƙungiyar.  Ya sami matsakaicin maki 2.6 a kowane wasa a cikin shekaru biyu da ya yi a matsayin mai ajiya tare da Lakers kuma memba ne na ƙungiyar zakarun 1950.  Bayan mutuwar Arnie Ferrin a shekarar 2022, ya zama zakaran NBA mafi tsufa da ke raye. 

Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1927