Budde was drafted as the first-round pick for both the Philadelphia Eagles and the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs in the 1963 NFL and AFL drafts, respectively, before ultimately signing with the Chiefs.[4][1]
He played for the Kansas City Chiefs for 14 years as the left offensive guard,[5] longer than any other Chief except for punterJerrel Wilson.[6] Through his first nine seasons, Budde did not miss a single start, playing in 177 games in his career.[7] Budde was 6'5 and 265 pounds (196 cm; 120 kg)[8] with an unusual stance, in that he put his left hand down instead of the usual right.[9] Budde and the Chiefs won two American Football League Championships (1966 and 1969) and a world championship in Super Bowl IV after defeating the NFL's Minnesota Vikings 23–7.[1][10]
Budde was named a member of the All-Time All-AFL Team First-team in 1970.[14] He retired after the 1976 season and was inducted into the Chiefs' Hall of Honor in 1984.[15]
Personal life and death
Budde was married to his wife for over 60 years; together they had three children.[16][17] One of their children, Brad, was an All-American with USC and also played in the NFL for the Chiefs, the only father-son combination to be first-round draft picks for the same NFL team.[1]
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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. ISBN0-07-141849-0.
