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{{Short description|American football player (1940–2023)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox gridiron football biography
| name          = Ed Budde
| number        = 71
| position      = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1940|11|2|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Highland Park, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2023|12|19|1940|11|2|mf=y}}
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 5
| weight_lb     = 265
| high_school   = [[Denby High School|Denby]] {{nowrap|([[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]])}}
| college       = [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]]
| draftyear     = 1963
| draftround    = 1
| draftpick     = 4
| afldraftyear  = 1963
| afldraftround = 1
| afldraftpick  = 8
| pastteams     =
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ([[1963 American Football League season|1963]]–{{NFL Year|1976}})
| highlights    =
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl IV|IV]])
* [[American Football League|AFL]] champion ([[1969 AFL Championship Game|1969]])
* [[American Football League All-Time Team|AFL All-Time Team]]
* 2× First-team [[All-AFL]] ([[1966 All-AFL Team|1966]], [[1969 All-AFL Team|1969]])
* 2× Second-team All-AFL ([[1967 All-AFL Team|1967]], [[1968 All-AFL Team|1968]])
* 5× [[AFL All-Star]] ([[1964 American Football League All-Star game|1963]], 1966–1969)
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]]  ([[1971 Pro Bowl|1970]], [[1972 Pro Bowl|1971]])
* [[Kansas City Chiefs#Chiefs Hall of Honor|Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Honor]]
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1962 College Football All-America Team|1962]])
| statleague    = NFL/AFL
| statlabel1    = Games played
| statvalue1    = 177
| statlabel2    = Games started
| statvalue2    = 161
| statlabel3    = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue3    = 3
| pfr           = B/BuddEd00
}}

'''Edward Leon Budde''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ʌ|d|i}} {{respell|bud|ee}}; November 2, 1940 – December 19, 2023) was an American professional [[American football|football]] [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]]. He played his entire career for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and [[National Football League]] (NFL).

==Early life==
Budde was born in [[Highland Park, Michigan]], on November 2, 1940.<ref name=":1" /> He attended [[Detroit]]'s [[Denby High School]] and played as a starter on the football team for three years, on offense and defense.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Former Spartan All-American Ed Budde Passes Away |url=https://msuspartans.com/news/2023/12/21/football-former-spartan-all-american-ed-budde-passes-away |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=Michigan State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> He was a high school [[All-America|All-American]] in football, starring at offensive tackle.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=June 14, 1988 |title=Ed Rutherford file |work=Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) |pages=20}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=November 16, 1958 |title=Free Press All-City Squad For 1958 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=55}}</ref> The team had a perfect season in 1957, and a championship, but was penalized with the forfeiture of four games because another one of its key players had forged a signature on a medical report.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=McPhail |first=Tom |date=November 16, 1958 |title=Hood Back In Big Way |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=55}}</ref>

As a senior (1958), Budde was named to the Detroit Free Press's All-City League offensive first team at tackle.<ref name=":3" /> He was later selected to the Free Press's first-team all-state team as well.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Schram |first=Hal |date=November 30, 1958 |title=Eyes 'Center' on Official All-State |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=53}}</ref> He was named second-team Class A All-State tackle by the [[Associated Press]] (AP) (behind future NFL All-Pro and renowned offensive line coach [[Howard Mudd]]).<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 12, 1958 |title=Tim Bottje Makes Class A All-State |work=Grand Haven Tribune (Grand Haven, Michigan) |pages=7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-12 |title=Longtime Colts O-line coach Mudd dies at 78 |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29648009/long-colts-offensive-line-coach-howard-mudd-dies-78-following-motorcycle-accident |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Budde's high school coach Ed Rutherford considered the 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 pound (104.3 kg) Budde a man among boys, and one of the two top players he coached in his 17-year high school career (along with future [[Michigan State University]] head coach [[George Perles]]).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=George Perles (2007) - Hall of Fame |url=https://msuspartans.com/honors/hall-of-fame/george-perles/85 |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=Michigan State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> Although an offensive star, he was also considered an excellent defensive lineman with cat-like swiftness.<ref name=":6" />

He was also on the [[Track and field|track and field team]], and won the [[shot put]] event at the May 1958 City League's East Side track meet.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McPhail |first=Tom |date=May 29, 1958 |title=Pershing Grabs Track Title |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=22}}</ref>

== College ==
Budde attended Michigan State University, and played [[Varsity team|varsity]] football under [[College Football Hall of Fame]] coach [[Duffy Daugherty]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duffy Daugherty (1984) - Hall of Fame |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1851 |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=National Football Foundation |language=en}}</ref> from 1960-62 as an [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]]. As a senior, in 1962, Budde was selected by professional scouts to the [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine [[All-America]] team.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ed Budde |url=https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/ed-budde/ |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Graham |date=July 3, 2015 |title=MSU's top 50 football players: No. 36 Ed Budde |url=https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/top50-football/2015/07/03/msu-top-50-ed-budde/29605009/ |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Lansing State Journal]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 6, 1962 |title=Saimes Makes 9 of 11 Teams |work=Lansing State Journal |pages=67}}</ref> The AP ranked Michigan State 15th at the end of the 1960 season (with a 6–2–1 record),<ref>{{Cite web |title=1960 College Football Polls |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1960-polls.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> 8th at the end of the 1961 season (with a 7–2 record),<ref>{{Cite web |title=1961 College Football Polls |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1961-polls.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> and although ranked as high as 4th during the 1962 season, were not ranked at the end of their 5–4 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michigan State Spartans College Football History, Stats, Records |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/index.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

George Perles was one of the assistant coaches on Budde's Michigan State teams.<ref name=":5" /> His Michigan State freshman class included Howard Mudd, as well as future NFL lineman [[Jim Kanicki]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Diles |first=Dave |date=May 22, 1959 |title=Behrman Going to MSU; Ken Mike at Michigan |work=The Kalamazoo Gazette (Associated Press) |pages=37}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1959 |title=MSU Building A 'Beef Trust' |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=38}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Kanicki Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KaniJi20.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Other future AFL/NFL players who were Budde's teammates during his time at Michigan State include, among others, Hall of Famer [[Herb Adderley|Herb Adderly]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Herb Adderley {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/herb-adderley |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=pfhof |language=en}}</ref> [[Gary Ballman]], [[George Saimes]], [[Dave Behrman]], [[Lonnie Sanders]], and future Chiefs' teammates [[Fred Arbanas]] and [[Ed Lothamer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fred Arbanas Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/ArbaFr00.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ed Lothamer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LothEd20.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1960 Michigan State Spartans Roster |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1960-roster.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1962 Michigan State Spartans Roster |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1962-roster.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Budde was selected to play in the 1963 [[Chicago Charities College All-Star Game|College All-Star Game]] against the [[1962 NFL Championship Game|1962 NFL champion]] [[1962 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]], held in Chicago on August 2. He had been voted a team co-captain by his fellow players. The collegians surprisingly defeated the Packers 20–17. A key to the all-stars' victory was the excellent run and pass blocking by their offensive line, with Budde one of the standout linemen against the Packers, along with Michigan State teammate center Dave Behrman and Ohio State tackle [[Daryl Sanders]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stoppels |first=Clank |date=August 3, 1963 |title=Don't Forget Linemen In All-Star Triumph |work=Grand Rapids Press |pages=8}}</ref> Budde was also selected to play in the December 1962 [[East–West Shrine Bowl|East-West Shrine Game]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 23, 1962 |title=Capsule Rundown Of Nation's Football Bowl Extravaganzas, East-West Shrine |work=The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) |pages=53}}</ref> and the January 1963 [[Senior Bowl]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 3, 1963 |title=North Near Full Squad For Senior Bowl Action |work=Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada) |pages=15}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Budde was drafted as the first-round pick for both the NFL's [[Philadelphia Eagles]] and the [[American Football League]]'s (AFL) [[History of the Kansas City Chiefs|Dallas Texans]] in the 1963 [[1963 NFL draft|NFL]] and [[1963 American Football League draft|AFL drafts]], respectively, before ultimately signing with the Texans in December 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1963 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1963/draft.htm |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Skretta |first=Dave |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Longtime Chiefs offensive lineman Ed Budde dies at the age of 83 |url=https://apnews.com/article/ed-budde-dead-kansas-city-chiefs-6933c21dd26200d1ce0e8b465687e8b6 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 6, 1962 |title=Budde Inks 2-Year Pact With Dallas |work=The Duluth News Tribune (Associated Press) |pages=41}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1963 AFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1963_AFL/draft.htm |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The Texans' owner and a founder of the AFL, [[Lamar Hunt]], moved the [[1962 American Football League Championship Game|1962 AFL Champions]] from Dallas to [[Kansas City, Missouri]] before the 1963 AFL season started, the team becoming the Kansas City Chiefs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team History {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/teams/kansas-city-chiefs/team-history |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=pfhof}}</ref> A trade with the [[Oakland Raiders]] had given Hunt the first pick in the draft along with his own first round pick. With the first pick he selected future Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle [[Buck Buchanan]] (No. 1), and then Budde with the Texans' own pick (No. 8).<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 2, 1963 |title=K. C. Chiefs Grid Outlook Is Bright For '63 Pro Season |work=The Call (Kansas City, Missouri) |pages=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 25, 1962 |title=Dallas Gets First Crack in AFL Draft |work=The Spokesman Review (Spokane, Washington) |pages=19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Junious (Buck) Buchanan {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/junious-buck-buchanan |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=pfhof |language=en}}</ref> 

Budde played for the Kansas City Chiefs for 14 years as the left offensive [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Chiefs OL icon Ed Budde dies at 83 |url=https://www.jacksonprogress-argus.com/fieldlevel/chiefs-ol-icon-ed-budde-dies-at-83/article_7e06c4c6-70cf-533c-8924-f11325f56d79.html |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=Jackson Progress-Argus |language=en |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221023921/https://www.jacksonprogress-argus.com/fieldlevel/chiefs-ol-icon-ed-budde-dies-at-83/article_7e06c4c6-70cf-533c-8924-f11325f56d79.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> longer than any other Chief except for [[Punter (gridiron football)|punters]] [[Dustin Colquitt]] and [[Jerrel Wilson]] (15 years), and [[Len Dawson]], [[Will Shields]] and [[Nick Lowery]] (14 years).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nix |first=J. W. |date=May 13, 2011 |title=Kansas City Chiefs: Best Offensive Players Not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/699510-kansas-city-chiefs-best-offensive-players-not-in-the-pro-football-hall-of-fame |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=10 longest-tenured players in Kansas City Chiefs history |url=https://arrowheadaddict.com/posts/10-longest-tenured-players-in-kansas-city-chiefs-history-01j18bmam7wz |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Arrowhead Addict |language=en-us}}</ref> He started alongside eight-time All-Pro left tackle [[Jim Tyrer]] from 1963-73.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Tyrer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TyreJi00.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Ed Budde Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BuddEd00.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Through his first nine seasons, Budde did not miss a single start, playing in 177 games in his career;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasabian |first=Paul |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Chiefs Legend Ed Budde Dies at Age 83; Son Brad Also KC 1st-Round Pick |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10101893-chiefs-legend-ed-budde-dies-at-age-83-son-brad-also-kc-1st-round-pick |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |language=en}}</ref> 12th most in franchise history (through the 2023 season).<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Budde |work=The Kansas City Star |pages=B3}}</ref> Budde's nickname on the Chiefs was "[[Bluto]]" after the villainous character from the [[Popeye]] comics.<ref name=":11" /> 

Budde was 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) and 265 pounds (120 kg)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ed Budde Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BuddEd00.htm |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> with an unusual stance, in that he put his left hand down instead of the usual right.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roesch |first=Nicolas |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Chiefs Hall of Fame offensive lineman Ed Budde dies at 83 |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/chiefs_hall_of_fame_offensive_lineman_ed_budde_dies_at_83/s1_17313_39698075 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Yardbarker]] |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl IV – Minnesota Vikings vs. Kansas City Chiefs – January 11th, 1970 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Budde and the Chiefs participated in the first [[Super Bowl I|Super Bowl]], losing to the Packers 35–10.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl I - Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers - January 15th, 1967 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196701150gnb.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

During Budde's time exclusively in the AFL (1963-69), Budde was selected first- or second-team [[American Football League All-League Team|All-AFL]] (all-league team) four consecutive seasons (1966-69).<ref name=":9" /> In 1966, The AP named him first-team All-AFL, while the league named him to the second team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1966 AFL All-Pros |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1966_AFL/allpro.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1967, the AP and [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]] (NEA) named him second-team All-AFL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1967 AFL All-Pros |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1967_AFL/allpro.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1968, the AP, NEA, ''[[The Sporting News]]'' and [[United Press International]] (UPI) named him second-team All-AFL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1968 AFL All-Pros |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1968_AFL/allpro.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1969, the AP, ''Sporting News'' and NEA named him first-team All-AFL, and the NEA named him first-team All-AFL/NFL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1969 AFL All-Pros |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1969_AFL/allpro.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was named first-team All-AFC conference in 1970 by ''The Sporting News'' and UPI<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=1970 NFL Pro Bowlers |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1970/probowl.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> and UPI second-team All-Conference in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1971 NFL Pro Bowlers |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1971/probowl.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Budde was selected to play in five [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star games]], in [[1963 American Football League season|1963]] as a rookie,<ref>{{Cite web |title=HOF Artifact of the Week {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2018/11/hof-artifact-of-the-week-24 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |language=en}}</ref> [[1966 American Football League season|1966]], [[1967 American Football League season|1967]], [[1968 American Football League season|1968]], and [[1969 American Football League season|1969]];<ref name=":9" /> and two NFL Pro Bowl games, in 1970<ref name=":10" /> and 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1971 NFL Pro Bowlers |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1971/probowl.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1968, Budde became the first interior [[Lineman (gridiron football)#Offensive line|offensive lineman]] to be selected by the [[Associated Press]] as an Offensive Player of the Week.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 24, 1968 |title=Budde Voted Player of Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/438104955/?terms=Associated%20Press%20as%20an%20Offensive%20Player%20of%20the%20Week%20Ed%20budde&match=1 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |work=[[The Vincennes Sun-Commercial]] |pages=11}}</ref>

Budde suffered a knee injury early in the 1975 season, and only played in one game. He played in 11 games the following year, but did not start any.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=October 31, 1975 |title=Injury Lists Shatter NFL Teams |work=The Morning Union (Springfield, Massachusetts) |pages=38 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=Bill |date=July 11, 1976 |title=It's Open Season on Job Hunting at the Chiefs |work=The Kansas City Star |pages=142}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> He retired after the [[1976 Kansas City Chiefs season|1976 season]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Roesch |first=Nicolas |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Chiefs Hall of Famer dies at 83 |url=https://atozsports.com/kansas-city/chiefs-hall-of-fame-offensive-lineman-ed-budde-dead-at-83/ |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=A to Z Sports |language=en}}</ref> He gave a tearful speech to his teammates before his last game on December 12, 1976, against the 9–4 [[Cleveland Browns]]. The 4–9 Chiefs won the game 39–14, their largest margin of victory that season, and awarded Budde the game ball. Chiefs head coach [[Paul Wiggin]] said "'The guys cared so much for this one guy that they all wanted to walk off the field and hand Ed Budde the game ball. I never saw so much love for one guy'".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Dough |date=December 13, 1976 |title=Chiefs give game ball to their good Budde |work=The Cleveland Press |pages=26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas City Chiefs 1976 Games and Schedule |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/kan/1976/gamelog |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Honors ==
Budde was named a member of the [[American Football League All-Time Team|All-Time All-AFL Team]] First-team in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=All-Time AFL Team – OFFENSE |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2005/01/news-all-time-afl-team-offense/ |access-date=December 26, 2023 |website=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |language=en}}</ref> In 1984, Budde was inducted into the Chiefs' Hall of Honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chiefs Hall of Honor, 1984 {{!}} Ed Budde {{!}} Guard |url=https://www.chiefs.com/hallofhonor/players/edbudde |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Kansas City Chiefs |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> He was inducted into the [[Missouri Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1998. In 2010, he was inducted into the [[Michigan State Spartans#MSU Athletics Hall of Fame|Michigan State University Athletics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=":7" /> In 2012, he was inducted into the [[Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ed Budde |url=https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/ed-budde/ |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Michigan Sports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref> 

==Personal life and death==
Budde was married to his wife for over 60 years; together they had three children.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 22, 1966 |title=Call Signals for Chiefs—at Home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/675061422/?clipping_id=92028989&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjY3NTA2MTQyMiwiaWF0IjoxNzAzMTg5NTY3LCJleHAiOjE3MDMyNzU5Njd9.uBwCObjBEoYm1rNsPeAdc-I5VnQDzirkZtt1BjyeMcg |access-date=December 23, 2023 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|via=Newspapers.com  |pages=13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Machlin |first=Tzvi |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Chiefs Legend Ed Budde Reportedly Dead At 83 |url=https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/chiefs-legend-ed-budde-reportedly-dead-at-83 |access-date=December 23, 2023 |website=[[The Spun]] |language=en}}</ref> One of their children, [[Brad Budde|Brad]], was a 1979 consensus [[All-America college football team|All-American]] offensive lineman at the University of Southern California ([[USC Trojans football|USC]]). He was also named the 1979 [[Lombardi Award|Vince Lombardi Award]] winner for lineman of the year. Brad was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the [[1980 NFL draft]], with the 11th overall pick. This made Budde and his son Brad the only father-son combination to be first-round draft picks for the same NFL team. Like his father, Brad played left guard for the Chiefs, in a seven-year NFL career with the Chiefs.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brad Budde College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brad-budde-1.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Consensus All-America Teams (1970-1979) |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/all-america-1970-1979.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vince Lombardi Award Winners |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/lombardi.html |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=1980 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1980/draft.htm |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brad Budde Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BuddBr20.htm |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Budde's other son, John Budde, was recruited to Michigan State by coach George Perles.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Saylor |first=Jack |date=February 9, 1984 |title=Budde system works |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=53}}</ref>

After retiring from football, Budde operated a [[Coors Brewing Company]] distributorship in the Kansas City area.<ref name=":5" /> He also owned a sports bar for a short time and was an account manager for [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca Cola]].<ref name=":11" />

Budde had a metal or plastic plate placed in his head as the result of a skull fracture from being hit with an 18 inch (45.7 cm) metal (lead or steel) pipe during a 1963 or 1964 altercation in a bar with two other men. He chose not to press criminal charges.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 1, 1984 |title=Bill Richardson's all-time Chiefs' team: AFL years, 1960-69 |work=Kansas City Times |pages=77}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1968 |title=K. C. Lineman Ed Budde Wins Honors |work=Idaho State Journal (Pocatello, Idaho) |pages=7}}</ref><ref name=":11" />

Budde died on December 19, 2023, at age 83.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=Makenzie |last2=Holt |first2=John |title=Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Famer Ed Budde dies at 83 |url=https://fox4kc.com/sports/chiefs/kansas-city-chiefs-hall-of-famer-ed-budde-dies-at-83/ |website=[[WDAF-TV]] |date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219220542/https://fox4kc.com/sports/chiefs/kansas-city-chiefs-hall-of-famer-ed-budde-dies-at-83/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of American Football League players]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Gruver |first=Ed |title=The American Football League: A Year-By-Year History, 1960–1969 |year=1997 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=0-7864-0399-3}}
* History: The AFL - Pro Football Hall of Fame [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/decades/1960s/afl.jsp link]
* {{cite book |last=Miller |first=Jeff |title=Going Long: The Wild Ten-Year Saga of the Renegade American Football League In the Words of Those Who Lived It |year=2003 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=0-07-141849-0}}

==External links==
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