He also ran the 100 and 220-yard dash events on the track team, contributing to the school winning the state championship in 1949 and 1950.

[4] Bolden was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round (73rd overall) of the 1955 NFL draft.

He would lose some of the prime years of his career to military service, however, unable to take the field until the 1958 NFL season.

[5][6] Bolden was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960 NFL Expansion Draft and was released before the start of the season.

He also served as an assistant director of admissions for Stanford University's graduate business school.