:Bud Whitehead

{{Short description|American football player (born 1939)}}

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| position = Defensive back

| number = 47

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|1|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Marianna, Florida, U.S.

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| afldraftyear = 1961

| afldraftround = 16

| afldraftpick = 128

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| college = Florida State

| pastteams =

• San Diego Chargers (1961–1968)

| highlights =

• AFL champion (1963)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 94

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 15

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = W/WhitBu22

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Ruben Agnus "Bud" Whitehead (born January 1, 1939) is a former American football defensive back in the American Football League (AFL). A 16th-round selection (128th overall pick) of the 1961 AFL Draft, Whitehead played eight seasons with the San Diego Chargers{{cite book | last=Baker | first=J. | last2=Corbett | first2=B.M. | title=The Most Memorable Games in Patriots History: The Oral History of a Legendary Team | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-60819-073-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FU4La3IH4XcC&pg=PA133 | access-date=August 12, 2018 | page=133}} (1961–1968). He had 10 interceptions in his senior year of college football at Florida State.