Max Boydston

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Max Boydston
Date of birth: January 22, 1932 (1932-01-22) (age 76)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Ardmore, Oklahoma
Career information
Position(s): Wide Receiver
College: Oklahoma
NFL Draft: 1955 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
Organizations
 As player:
1955-1958
1960-1961
1962
Chicago Cardinals
Dallas Texans
Oakland Raiders
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Max Boydston (born January 22, 1932 in Ardmore, Oklahoma) is a former professional American football wide receiver. Boydston was a 1954 All-America end at Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson. Boydston played on two state championship teams at Muskogee Central High School. During Boydston's Sooner days under Wilkinson, OU began a 47-game winning streak, an NCAA record that still stands. He was voted the nation's outstanding lineman by the Washington Touchdown Club in 1954. He was a first-round draft pick by the Chicago Cardinals in 1955. He played tight end with the Cardinals from 1955 thru 1958. He went on to play pro football for the Dallas Texans (1960-61) and Oakland Raiders (1962). He played for the Hamilton Tigercats in the Canadian Football League in 1959. After the end of his playing career, he taught and coached for 27 years in Texas, mostly in Sherman. He retired in 1991 and returned to Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1993.