Red Grange was so great and popular in college that immediately after signing him as a professional, the Chicago Bears put together a grueling 19-game, 67-day barnstorming tour to make money. This man Red Grange of Illinois is three or four men rolled into one for football purposes, wrote Damon Runyon.
Bud can be a nickname in Irish families, short for Brud (brother). Also supposedly short for Donald. Being a general nickname, short for Buddy is a more modern take on it, which can even be a given name. If you re doing genealogy research, better to research siblings, children, or parents, until you find the given name. Bud is a nickname used since the medieval times.
By 1925 everything was ready to go. Leo Gerstenzang marketed his first cotton bud under the name Baby Gays. As he felt the name was not easily marketable, he changed the name to Q-tips Baby Gays in 1926 and then later to Q-tips. Q stands for quality and tips for the cotton wool tips. Over the course of time, more novel ideas occurred to him.