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.
1 William Bud Abbott (1895-1974), American actor/comedian. 2  Julian Bud Blake (1918-2005), American cartoonist. 3  Bud Collyer (1908-1969), born Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr., American TV game show host and radio actor.  Bud Cort (born 1948), born Walter Edward Cox, American actor.