Bud Whitehead
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Date of birth: | January 1, 1939 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Marianna, Florida | ||||||||
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College: | Florida State | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 16 / Pick: 127 | ||||||||
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Ruben Agnus "Bud" Whitehead (born January 1, 1939 in Marianna, Florida) is a former American football defensive back in the American Football League. A 16th-round selection (127th overall pick) of the 1961 AFL Draft, Whitehead played eight seasons with the San Diego Chargers (1961–1968). He had 10 interceptions his senior year of college football at Florida State.
Early life
Born and raised in Marianna, Florida, he played football for Marianna High School before attending Florida State. He was the second child of Clara Peacock and Alter Whitehead, with one older brother, Jim Whitehead, and four younger siblings, brothers Gary, Willie and Ronnie Whitehead and sister Denise Whitehead.
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- American football defensive backs
- Florida State Seminoles football players
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- Players of American football from Florida
- People from Jackson County, Florida
- 1939 births
- Living people
- American football defensive back, 1930s birth stubs