Aggie Hall of Famer Dr. Joe Boyd Passes Away
Jun 02, 2009 | Football
June 2, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas-- Dr. Joe Boyd, one of the first Texas A&M football All-Americans and a longtime evangelist and preacher, passed away Monday, June 1, at the age of 92.
Dr. Boyd was born May 5, 1917 in Jacksonville, Texas, and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He attended Crozier Tech High School. He was a three-year Aggie football letterman in 1937-38-39 helping Texas A&M compile a 20-6-3 overall record. He was a tri-captain along with Herbie Smith and Cotton Price of the national championship 1939 Aggie football team that posted a perfect 11-0 record including a 14-13 victory over Tulane in the 1940 Sugar Bowl. Boyd earned All-SWC honors in 1938 and 1939 and was named an All-American offensive lineman in 1939 along with A&M running back John Kimbrough. Kimbrough and Boyd were the second and third Aggie football players to earn All-America honors behind the initial Aggie All-American, Joe Routt. Boyd was selected in the 1940 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins. Dr. Boyd earned his bachelor's of science degree in agricultural administration in 1940.
Boyd was inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 1966. He was part of the third class of inductees into the Hall of Fame.
While working as an assistant chief accountant at Todd Galveston Shipyard in Texas, Boyd received his call to preach. He entered Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and graduated with a Master's of Theology Degree in 1947. In 1976, he received his Doctorate of Divinity from Hyles-Anderson College in Crown Point, Indiana.
In 1976, Dr. Boyd founded Mt. Salem Revival Grounds in West Union, West Virginia. He preached the gospel all over America as well as other countries.
