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+++ willie_boykin [2026/03/16 03:06] (current) – ehaight
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-<fs x-small>Photo: //Lansing State Journal//, September 17, 1959
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 ====== Willie Boykin ======
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 After leaving the Raiders, Boykin largely disappeared from the limelight and probably football. He died in 2010, around the age of 76, leaving behind his wife, Mattie, and a son, William.
-===== Transactions =====
-November 22, 1959 - Selected by Minneapolis/St Paul in the 1959 AFL draft.
-January 4, 1960 - Signed by Houston sometime between this date and January 30.
-January 30, 1960 - AFL awarded his league signing rights to Oakland, potentially nullifyng his contract with Houston.
+=====Raiders Career=====
-March 3, 1960 - AFL transferred his contract from Houston to Oakland.
+[[january-30-1960|Jan 30, 1960]]
-August 2, 1960 - Waived.
+AFL signing rights assigned
-=====Logbook mentions=====
+[[march-3-1960|Mar 3, 1960]]
-[[january-30-1960|Jan 30, 1960]] AFL signing rights assigned
+contract awarded to Oakland by AFL
-[[march-3-1960|Mar 3, 1960]] contract awarded to Oakland by AFL
+[[august-2-1960|Aug 2, 1960]]
+waived

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