LOOK: Bud Grant is 88 years old and rocking a polo in -6 degree weather
Bud Grant is 88 years old and he's walking out onto the field with no sleeves on in freezing temperatures.
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Will Brinson
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No matter how tough you think you are, you're not as tough as Bud Grant. The former Vikings coach, now 88 years young, showed the world how much grit he's got in grand fashion on Sunday afternoon.
Despite below freezing temperatures at the Vikings-Seahawks game -- it was -6 degrees at kickoff but NBC reported it felt like -25 -- Grant went out to midfield in short sleeves.
Grant didn't just show up to the stadium in short sleeves because that's what he was wearing that day.
He was there to send a MESSAGE.
Per Greg Aiello of the NFL, Grant told a staffer (who looks a lot like Roger Goodell!) to hold his coat before going out on the field.
Bud Grant to NFL staffer: "Would you hold my jacket while I go out for the toss & show how we love this weather?" pic.twitter.com/yRMHmb0P5q
— Greg Aiello (@gregaiello) January 10, 2016
Grant's got the resume to dish out the hard-nosed cold-weather talk.
He played college football in Minnesota and was a first-round NFL Draft pick in 1950 AND a fourth-round draft pick in the NBA that season. Grant coached the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL for nearly a decade and the Vikings from 1967 through 1983 (and again in 1985).
He is a million times tougher than everyone else.
