Bobby Dean Boyd

BobbyDean Boyd,age 79 of Garland passed away on Monday, August 28th, 2017. Bobbygraduated from Garland High School in 1956.He was an outstanding athlete from Garland andplayed football forOklahoma and BaltimoreColts.

Bobby was the team co-captain of Football, Baseball and Basketball Teams at Garland High School. He was Texas High School All American Team in 1955; High School All American Team in 1955 and all time running back for Dallas Area High School Football.

He was an inductee in the Texas High School Hall of Fame, Texas Oil Bowl Hall of Fame and Garland Sports Hall of Fame.

He attended the University of Oklahoma on a football scholarship under coach Bud Wilkinson. Bobby was the 1959 Team Co-Captain andAll Big Eight quarterback in 1959. He played in theOrange Bowl and Hula Bowl. He played on the Oklahoma team that won 47 games in a row.

Bobby played for the Baltimore Colts from 1960 to 1969 under coaches Weeb Eubanks, Don Shula and Chuck Noll. He was the defensive cornerback for 5 years; N.F.L. All Pro team of Decade 1960’s. Bobby was the Baltimore Colts 50th Anniversary All-Time Colt Team and Indianapolis Colts 50-year team (selected by Indianapolis fans). Bobby coached 5 years for Baltimore and was nominated to N.F.L. Hall of Fame 2007 by Don Shula, Coach, Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins and Jerry Richardson owner of N.F.L. Carolina Panthers.

Shula, the ‘winningest’ coach in NFL history, and Bobby’s mentor with the Colts for six years, said, “In addition to Bobby being a great defensive back, he was also my defensive captain, a true coach on the field. He knew everyone’s assignment and made all the defensive calls. He was a great tackler and run defender.”

While with the Colts (’60-’68) he played alongside some of the greatest players in the history of the game, Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry, Gino Marchetti and Lenny Moore, to mention a few. When his former teammates speak of him they use the words such as smart, quick, savvy, crafty and knowledgeable. He was to the Colts’ defense what Johnny Unitas was to the offense. Bobby was a five-time All-Pro and a member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1960’s. He has been accorded almost every honor that can come to a football player – except one – induction to the Pro Football Hall of fame.

Bobby is survived by his wife, Wanda; sons - Darin and wife Joyce; Bradley and wife Rebecca; Kyle and wife Jocabed (Cha Cha);eight grandchildren and brother Jackie Boyd.

Visitation Thursday, August 31, 2017 from 6:00-8:00pm at Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home, 2925 Fifth Street, Sachse,TX 75048.

Services Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, 2:00pm First Baptist Church, 801 West Ave "D", Garland, TX 75040

Family request that memorials be made to First Baptist Church Friendship House, 801 West Ave "D" Garland TX 75048 and Life Teen Challenge,P.O. Box 181794, Dallas, TX 75018