Bobby Boyd

  • 2x Pro Bowl selection (1964, 1968)
  • 5x All Pro selection ( 1964-1968 ) 1 2 team
  • NFL Championship winner
  • NFL 1960s All- Decade Team

As assistant coach

  • Super Bowl winners V

Robert Dean Boyd ( born December 3, 1937 in Garland, Texas, United States) is a former American football player. He played for the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League ( NFL).

Playing career

College career

Bobby Boyd visited in his home town high school, where he played American football and basketball. After finishing school, Boyd studied at the University of Oklahoma and played for their football team, the Oklahoma Sooners, Football. He was employed in his last year of college as a quarterback, having previously played as a running back. In the years 1958 and 1959, Boyd was able to move his team each in the Orange Bowl. His team won both games. After the 1959 season, Boyd was elected league selection players.

Professional career

In 1960, Boyd was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the tenth round at 119th place. The Colts were the reigning NFL champions and were coached by Weeb Ewbank. They signed with Boyd a contract that guaranteed him an annual salary of $ 9,000. 1,700 U.S. dollars were paid to him as earnest money.

Quarterback of the Colts was Johnny Unitas - one of the best playmakers NFL history. Boyd has therefore already been used by the Colts in his rookie year as a cornerback play. He justified the confidence of his coach and was able to achieve seven interceptions in his first year and use this as an area gain of 132 yards. Ewbank succeeded to 1962, not the Colts from the middle of the table back out to lead to a championship and was therefore replaced in 1963 by Don Shula. In 1964 Boyd and his team for the first time to move into the NFL playoff, however, where the Cleveland Browns were beaten 27-0 by himself. 1968 moved the Colts with Boyd again in the final. Once again, the Browns were the opponents and this time the Colts were able to prevail with 34:0. The victory also brought a place in the AFL- NFL Championship Game, which was later renamed the Super Bowl, with. However, they lost the Super Bowl III against the trained by Ewbank New York Jets with 16:7. Also, Boyd could not prevent the quarterback of the Jets Joe Namath could put his wide receiver in crucial scene again and again. After this season, Boyd ended his playing career.

With 57 interceptions achieved Boyd is the record holder of the Colts. In 1964, he scored the NFL record with 185 yards annual space savings. In 1965, were his nine interceptions Jahresbestleistung in the NFL. With 57 interceptions made ​​during a career Boyd is the record holder of the Colts.

Coaching career

1969 Boyd was assistant coach of the Colts. In the year 1970 after the Colts the way into the Super Bowl V. opponents were coached by Tom Landry Dallas Cowboys, who had to give then beaten with 16:13.

After the NFL career

After his coaching career in 1972, Boyd worked in television and transferred high school games from his home region. He is married, has three children and lives in his native town, where he, a shop for sports cups and trophies operates with a former teammate of the Sooners.

Honors

Bobby Boyd played twice in the Pro Bowl, the final game of the best players of the season. He was five times elected to the All Pro and is a member of the NFL 1960s All- Decade Team. Boyd is a member of the Garland Sports Hall of Fame.

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