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-<fs x-small>Photo: //Lansing State Journal//, September 17, 1959 +
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 ====== Willie Boykin ====== ====== 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. 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 ===== 
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-November 22, 1959 - Selected by Minneapolis/St Paul in the 1959 AFL draft. 
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-January 4, 1960 - Signed by Houston sometime between this date and January 30. 
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-January 30, 1960 - AFL awarded his league signing rights to Oakland, potentially nullifyng his contract with Houston. 
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-March 3, 1960 - AFL transferred his contract from Houston to Oakland. 
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-August 2, 1960 - Waived. 
  
 =====Raiders Career===== =====Raiders Career=====
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 contract awarded to Oakland by AFL contract awarded to Oakland by AFL
  
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 +waived
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