Meredith Boyd (1953-56)
Inducted 1999
BOYD WAS A FOUR YEAR LETTERWINNER IN FOOTBALL AS AN OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. HE HELPED GUIDE THE RAMS TO A 21-9-2 (.688) MARK.
HE WAS A TWO-TIME FIRST TEAM WVIAC ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTION (1954, 1956).
DESPITE MISSING FOUR GAMES DUE TO A KNEE INJURY, BOYD EARNED WVIAC SECOND TEAM HONORS AS A MEMBER OF THE UNDEFEATED 1955 TEAM.
BOYD WAS ALSO HONORED AS A MEMBER OF THE ALL-TIME PLAYERS ALL-CONFERENCE WVIAC TEAM (1924-74 50TH ANNIVERSARY).
BOYD LATER WENT ON TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A HIGH SCHOOL COACH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER. BOYD COACHED FOOTBALL AND TRACK AND FIELD AT WAYNESBORO (VA) HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1957-66, HIGHLIGHTED BY A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL IN 1957, A STATE CHAMPION IN TRACK AND FIELD IN 1960, AND A DISTRICT CHAMPION IN TRACK AND FIELD IN 1966.
HE ALSO COACHED THE JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM TO AN 18-0 SEASON IN 1957-58.
BOYD ALSO COACHED FOOTBALL AND TRACK AND FIELD AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1968-68.
BOYD THEN MOVED ON TO COACH FOOTBALL AND TRACK AND FIELD AT GEORGE C. MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL IN FROM 1968-81.
HE COACHED THREE DISTRICT CHAMPION TEAMS AND HAD NUMEROUS STATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS.