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Born: | Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S. | July 20, 1939
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Died: | April 29, 2014 Marlton, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 74)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Wide receiver / Return specialist |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
College | Villanova |
NFL draft | 1962, round: 7, pick: 96 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1962 | Philadelphia Eagles |
1963 | Washington Redskins |
1965-1966 | Calgary Stampeders |
Career highlights and awards | |
Records | 100 yard dash[1] |
Career stats | |
Receptions | 10 |
Receiving yards | 236 |
Receiving TDs | 1 |
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Francis Joseph Budd (July 20, 1939 – April 29, 2014) was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. Budd was an Olympic athlete who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he finished fifth in the finals of the 100 meter event and was part of the team that finished first in the 4×100 meter relay before being disqualified on a baton pass.[2] He set the world record in the 100-yard dash with a time of 9.2 seconds in 1961, breaking the record that had been set by Mel Patton in 1948.[1]