Elmer Joseph "Bud" Angsman Jr. (December 11, 1925 – April 11, 2002) was an American football halfback.

As a 17-year-old freshman, he was a reserve player on the 1943 Notre Dame team that won a national championship.

He was a 17-year-old reserve player on the 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team that won a national championshp.

He was also a member of the college all-star team that defeated the NFL champion Cleveland Rams in August 1946.

[3] In the 1947 NFL Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Angsman set a new record for an NFL championship game with 159 rushing yards on 10 carries, breaking the prior record of 109 yards set by Bill Osmanski in 1940.

[5] Don Paul, a former defensive back for the Cardinals and later the Cleveland Browns, described Angsman as "a straight ahead north and south runner who would just as soon leave cleat marks on your balls as run around you.

By 1952, with rookie halfback Ollie Matson joining the club, Angsman was relegated to a backup role.

He later remarried to his second wife, Diane[2] After his playing career ended, Angsman founded a food brokerate business.

In 1958, Angsman began work for CBS Radio as a color commentator on football games.

He died in April 2002, suffering a heart attack on the golf course at Ironhorse Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.