Matthew Boyd

Matthew Boyd (born 27 August 1982) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL) He debuted in 2003. Prior to that he had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL. He was able to consolidate a position in the senior team during 2004 and in 2005 could be considered as being in the Bulldogs' best 18, having played in 17 games for the year. He has mostly played in the midfield where he has proven himself to be a consistent ball winner as well as having the capacity to be a "run with" player. He currently has totalled 76 Brownlow votes. He played with the number 42 until 2007 when he took the number 5 from Rohan Smith who retired at the end of 2006.

The 2006 Record describes Boyd as having tenacious defensive skills while also possessing attacking flair.

Boyd is the grand nephew of Australian football vendor icon Johnny Boyd better known as the Peanut Man.

In 2009 Boyd was rewarded for a strong season with selection in the 2009 All-Australian Team & winning his first Charles Sutton Medal (best and fairest) award.

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Matt Boyd (baseball)

Matthew Robert Boyd (born February 2, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Boyd pitched for Oregon State University before being drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays, and played three seasons in their minor league organization before earning a promotion to MLB.

Professional career

Early and minor league career

Boyd played his freshman high school season at Mercer Island High School before transferring to Eastside Catholic School. He graduated and played for Oregon State University for 4 years. In the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft, he was selected in the 13th round by the Cincinnati Reds, but did not sign. In the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft, Boyd was drafted in the 6th round by the Blue Jays and received a $75,000 signing bonus.

Boyd was initially assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, where he recorded a 0.64 earned run average in 14 innings before being promoted to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays, where he would spend the remainder of the 2013 season. He would post an 0–2 record in Dunedin with a 5.40 ERA in 10 innings pitched. In 2014, Boyd pitched 90²⁄₃ innings with Dunedin, earning a 5–3 record, 1.39 ERA, and 103 strikeouts before earning a promotion to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He would struggle in his first trip to New Hampshire, pitching to a 1–4 record, 6.96 ERA, and 44 strikeouts in 42²⁄₃ innings. Through his first 9 starts with the Fisher Cats in 2015, Boyd lead the league in both ERA (1.05) and strikeouts (56). He was promoted to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons in June 2015, and made his first start on June 14 against the Charlotte Knights. Boyd took the loss, yielding 2 runs (1 earned) with 8 strikeouts and no walks in 7 innings pitched for the Bisons. At the time of his call-up, he was considered the number 19 prospect in the Blue Jays organization by MLB.