Robert Barrett Boyd (March 7, 1928 – May 14, 2009) was an American football end and

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the

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for eight seasons. His most spectacular season was in

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, when he caught 53 passes for 1,212 yards and 6 touchdowns. While at Loyola Marymount University, Boyd won the

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at the 1950 NCAA Championships.

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