12 Facts About Frank Budd

Francis Joseph Budd was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins.

Frank Budd 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.

Frank Budd played high school football at Asbury Park High School in Asbury Park.

Frank Budd ran track at Villanova University but never played a down of college football.

Frank Budd achieved his success despite a deformed right calf, the legacy of a childhood disease, possibly polio.

Budd had finished second behind Ray Norton in the United States Olympic trials at 100 m in a closely fought contest between the first four finishers, all recording the same time of 10.4 s At the Olympics themselves, Budd was to finish fifth in the final with perhaps his inexperience at major championships telling against him.

In 1961, Frank Budd was to equal twice the then world record for 100 y of 9.3 s:.

Frank Budd achieved notable success at the AAU championships, the USA national championships.

Frank Budd was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 1962 NFL draft and played for the Eagles in 1962 as a wide receiver.

Frank Budd played for the Washington Redskins in 1963 before switching to the Canadian Football League, where he played for the Calgary Stampeders in 1965 and 1966.

In 1995, Frank Budd was one of the seven former Villanova athletes chosen to be a member of the first induction class of the Villanova Wall of Fame.

Frank Budd has been reported to have worked in later life for the New Jersey Department of Corrections and retired in 2002.