Lyle Blackwood​

Lyle Blackwood’s professional football career featured two Conference Championships and two Super Bowl games in his 14 seasons in the National Football League. He played four seasons of football at Winston Churchill High School, but his success as a defensive back began at Blinn Junior College during the 1969 and 1970 seasons. Blackwood transferred to Texas Christian University, where he played two seasons and was named Team Captain while winning All-Southwest Conference honors in 1971 and 1972. He was named an Honorable Mention All-American selection, named as a Kern Tipps nominee and was selected to play in the 1973 North-South Shrine All-Star Game.​

In 1973 he was drafted by the NFL’s Denver Broncos and traded to the Cincinnati Bengals that pre-season. His 14 seasons included three with the Bengals, one with the Seattle Seahawks, four with the Baltimore Colts and six with the Miami Dolphins. He played 176 games, made 35 career interceptions and returned two for touchdowns. He led the NFL with 10 interceptions during his 1977-78 season in Baltimore and was selected to the All-NFL Team as a safety.​

Blackwood’s seasons with Miami were highlighted by American Conference Championships in 1983 and 1985 and his play in Super Bowls XVII and XIX alongside his brother Glenn as part of the Bruise Brothers and Killer B’s defense, which was the top-ranked NFL defense in 1983. He has been inducted into the Winston Churchill Hall of honor, National Junior College Hall of Fame, the TCU Hall of Fame and was presented with the TCU Frog of Fame Award.​