Max Boydston


Max Ray Boydston was a professional gridiron football end who played in the National Football League, the Canadian Football League, and the American Football League.

College career

Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Boydston played college football for Bud Wilkinson's Oklahoma Sooners where he was an All-American in 1954. He was one of several Sooners from Muskogee, Oklahoma High School - along with the Burris brothers and Bo Bolinger - to earn All-Conference or All-American honors in the 1950s.

Professional career

Boydston was a first-round selection 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 and the Oakland Raiders.

Coaching career

Boydston coached at Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas in 1964–65 and 1965–66.