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American football player and coach (1893–1950)

American football player
Budge Garrett
refer to captionGarrett with the Akron Pros
Personal information
Born:(1893-04-17)April 17, 1893
Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:June 11, 1950(1950-06-11) (aged 57)
Verona, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:Peddie School
(Hightstown, New Jersey)
College:Rutgers
Position:Fullback,
End,
Guard
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:13
Games started:6
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Career:2–1–3 (.583)
Record at Pro Football Reference

Alfred Tennyson "Budge" Garrett (April 17, 1893 – June 11, 1950) was an American professional football player with the Akron Pros of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) (renamed the National Football League in 1922). During his one year with the Pros he won the first AFPA/NFL Championship. He returned to the NFL in 1922 as a player-coach for the Milwaukee Badgers, compiling a 2–1–3 record.

Prior to joining the NFL, Garrett grew up in Oklahoma on a Creek Indian Reservation. He later attended a played college football at Rutgers University. He later made the 1915 College Football All-America Team. He first played professional football for the Massillon Tigers and Youngstown Patricians of the "Ohio League", during the pre-NFL era.

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Akron Pros 1920 APFA champions
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