Robert Dean Boyd is a former NFL cornerback who played for the
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in a nine-year career from 1960 to 1968. A quarterback in college at the University of Oklahoma under
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, Boyd was a two-time
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er, was voted First Team All-Pro three times, and led the NFL with 9 interceptions in 1965. He finished his career with 57 interceptions, which he returned for 994 yards and 4 touchdowns. He also recovered 11 fumbles. Boyd never played for Indy, always Baltimore.
Currently, Boyd can be seen and heard as a
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for
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, the television production department of the
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.