Bob Tebow, father of Florida football star QB Tim Tebow, dies at 78
Heisman-winning former Florida football quarterback Tim Tebow introduced the passing of his father, Bob Tebow, on social media on April 24.
Bob Tebow had been battling Parkinson’s illness since 2016 and was lately confined to a wheelchair. He was 78.
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“Heaven ushered in a hero last night as my Dad was welcomed home,” Tebow wrote in a social media publish. “Many will say sorry for your loss put the truth is he’s not lost, we know exactly where he is. He’s home. Forever.”
Bob Tebow and his spouse Pam fell in love as UF college students and married in 1971. Per Bob Tebow’s web site, in 1985, they answered God’s name by transferring their younger household to Mindanao, Philippines, with a imaginative and prescient to share the Gospel with each man, girl, and baby. Tim Tebow was born in Philippines in 1987 and has adopted his household’s calling as Evangelists.
(*78*) Tebow household returned to the Jacksonville space the place they home-schooled their kids. Tim Tebow emerged as a star highschool quarterback at Nease High in Ponta Vedra Beach earlier than enrolling at UF, the place he helped lead the Florida Gators to nationwide titles in 2006 and 2008.
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Kevin Brockway is (*78*) Gainesville Sun’s Florida beat author. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1
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