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Brad Budde

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Brad Budde
No. 66, 71
Position:Offensive guard
Personal information
Born:(1958-05-09)May 9, 1958(age 66)
Detroit, Michigan,U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:262 lb (119 kg)
Career information
High school:Kansas City (MO) Rockhurst
College:USC
NFL draft:1980/ Round: 1 / Pick: 11
Career history
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:92
Gamesstarted:79
Player stats atPFR

Brad Edward Budde(born May 9, 1958) is an American former professionalfootballplayer who was anoffensive guardin theNational Football League(NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. Budde playedcollege footballfor theUniversity of Southern California(USC), and was aunanimous All-Americanand the winner of theLombardi Award.He was a first-round pick in the1980 NFL draft,and played professionally for the NFL'sKansas City Chiefs.

Early life

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Budde was born inDetroit, Michigan.He attendedRockhurst High SchoolinKansas City, Missouri.

College career

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Budde attended theUniversity of Southern California(USC) and played for theUSC Trojans footballteam from 1976 to 1979. He was the first player sinceWorld War IItostartas afreshman.Budde is one of USC's most highly decorated offensive lineman. As a senior in 1979, he was a unanimous first-team All-American, runner-up in theOutland Trophyvoting, USC Offensive Player of the Year, USC Most Inspirational Player, and an Academic All-American. He was also selected as the first and onlyLombardi Awardwinner in USC's history. In 1980, Budde also earned the NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship. During his career at USC, Budde started in threeRose Bowls,all won by USC. In 1978, led by head coachJohn Robinson,USC won a share of thenational championship.

Budde was elected to theCollege Football Hall of Famein 1990, the USC Hall of Fame in 1999, and the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2010.

Professional career

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Budde was the eleventh pick in the first round of the1980 NFL draftby theKansas City Chiefs.Budde and his father,All-ProEd Budde,became the first and only father and son in NFL history to be drafted in the first round to the same team and play the same position. He played for the Chiefs through 1987.

Personal life

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Off the field, Budde and his wife, Nicolette, worked with abused and neglected children through Camp Opportunity and Division of Family Services inKansas City, Missouri.

Following retirement from the NFL in 1988, Budde returned to college and earned his master's degree inphysical therapyfromLoma Linda University.For the last 17 years, Brad has rehabilitated senior citizens as President of Budde Physical Therapy, Inc. From 1995 to 2005, Brad also worked as the offensive line coach atSan Clemente High SchoolandOrange Coast College.

In 2005 Budde founded GameDay Performance Systems, bringing the fundamentals of high performing sports teams into the workplace.

Budde lives with his wife Nicolette inCapistrano Beach, California.They are the parents of two children, Sasha and Beau. Sasha is a high school English teacher inIrvine, Californiaand won the Teacher of Excellence award for the 2011–12 school year; she resides with her husband Sean inSan Clemente, California.Beau is a high school social science teacher and is the quarterbacks coach andoffensive coordinatoratUniversity High Schoolin Irvine; he and his wife, Annette, live inOrange, California.

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