Don Floyd
1938–1980 (age 42)
American football linebacker
Biography
Don Floyd starred in Texas high school football before playing collegiately and joining the Houston Oilers, where he anchored the linebacker corps through the formative years of the American Football League and helped set the tone for the team’s ferocious defense.
He later devoted time to coaching youth athletes and supporting community programs, and he is remembered at Midlothian Cemetery.