Max Boydston

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1932–1998)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Max Boydston

| image = Max Boydston - 1955 Bowman.jpg

| caption = Boydston on a 1955 Bowman football card

| position = End

| number = 81

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|1|22}}

| birth_place = Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|12|12|1932|1|22}}

| death_place = Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.

| draftyear = 1955

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 2

| college = Oklahoma

| teams =

| highlights =

Consensus All-American (1954)
3× First-team All-Big Seven (1952, 1953, 1954)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 97

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 1,328

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 8

| pfr = B/BoydMa00

}}

Max Ray Boydston (January 22, 1932 – December 12, 1998) was an American professional football player who was an end in the National Football League (NFL), and American Football League (AFL).{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BoydMa00.htm |title=Max Boydston |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=March 13, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/roster/t-CFLHAM/y-1959 |title=1959 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Roster |website=statscrew.com |access-date=March 13, 2025}} He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning consensus All-American honors in 1954.

College career

Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Boydston played college football for Bud Wilkinson's Oklahoma Sooners. In 1954 he was named a consensus All-American,{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/max-boydston-1.html |title=Max Boydston |website=sports-reference.com |access-date=March 14, 2025}} chosen first-team by six of the eight selector organizations, and second-team by the other two. He was one of several Sooners from Muskogee, Oklahoma - along with the Burris brothers (Buddy, Kurt and Bob) and Bo Bolinger - to earn All-Conference or All-American honors in the 1950s.{{cite web |url=https://soonersports.com/sports/2019/8/14/208798539 |title=OU Football History & Tradition: All-Americans |date=December 12, 2024 |website=soonersports.com |access-date=March 14, 2025}}

Professional career

Boydston was a first-round selection (second overall) in the 1955 NFL draft by the Chicago Cardinals. He played for the Cardinals from 1955 to 1958. In 1959, he played in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In the AFL he played for the Dallas Texans (1960–1961) and the Oakland Raiders (1962).

Coaching career

Boydston coached at Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas in 1964 and 1965, and again from 1970 through 1973. From 1967 to 1969, Boydston was head football coach at Stratford High School located in the Texas Panhandle.{{cite web |url=https://www.texashighschoolfootballhistory.com/coaches-a |title=Coaches Records by Seasons |website=Texas High School Football History |access-date=March 13, 2025}}