Bobby Floyd (other)
Bobby Floyd may refer to: * Bobby Floyd (baseball) (born 1943), American baseball coach and former MLB player * Bobby Floyd (musician) (born 1954), American pianist, organist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer * Bobby Jack Floyd Bobby Jack Floyd (December 8, 1929 – June 27, 2012) was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. Floyd was born on December 8, 1929, in Paris, Texas, where he attended Paris High School. Af ...

Bobby Floyd (baseball)
Robert Nathan Floyd (born October 20, 1943) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder. After his playing days ended, Floyd became a manager in Minor league baseball, and spent the next 30 years coaching. In and , he was a major league coach with the New York Mets. Early years On top of playing shortstop for the Southern California champion El Segundo High School baseball team, Floyd also quarterbacked El Segundo's football team his senior year. After two years at UCLA on a baseball scholarship, Floyd signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in August . Over five seasons in the Orioles' farm system, Floyd batted .259 with nineteen home runs and 252 runs batted in. He received his first call up to the majors in September . He went 1-for-9 (a double) with an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Baltimore Orioles Though he spent most of his minor league career at shortstop, Floyd made the Orioles' opening day roster as a back-up infielder, receiv ...
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Bobby Floyd (musician)
Bobby Floyd (born December 24, 1954) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Starting in the 1980s, he began a decades-long association with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. His playing style has been influenced by his church upbringing, and by pianist Erroll Garner. Early life Bobby Floyd was born in Marion, Ohio, on December 24, 1954, the son of Vera and Bob Floyd. He started playing piano at age two, and was discovered to have perfect pitch shortly after, starting piano lessons with his tutor L. T. Dukes at five years old. Floyd developed his technique from listening to records of Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, and Erroll Garner, and by age six played weekly at his local church. Floyd would later meet Garner when he was 12. In Marion Harding High School, Floyd played in a trio with Bruce Burton and future Columbus Jazz Orchestra drummer Bob Breithaupt, and studied with the piano teacher Maury Kline. He moved to Columbus in 1973. Career Fl ...
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