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.
A budgie is a type of parakeet. A parakeet isnt a budgie or isnt a type of budgie. The common usage of the term parakeet , especially in the USA, is not the correct term for the budgerigar, no matter how many people choose to use the word Parakeet instead of budgie or budgerigar.