Sam Boyd (American football)

Sam Bradford Boyd was an American football player and coach. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1939 NFL Draft. He served as the head football coach of the Baylor University from 1956 to 1958, compiling a record of 15–15–1. His 1956 squad finished a 9–2 season with a win over [1956 Tennessee Volunteers American football|football team|Tennessee] in the Sugar Bowl. Boyd played college football at Baylor from 1936 to 1938 and with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League in 1939 and 1940. Boyd served in the United States Navy for three years during World War II attaining the rank of lieutenant. In 1962, he was inducted into Baylor's Athletic Hall of Fame. Boyd died on June 8, 2001, at his home in Granbury, Texas.