{"id":16417,"date":"2019-07-09T19:13:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T00:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16417"},"modified":"2019-07-09T19:13:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T00:13:04","slug":"robert-bob-mcleod-1938-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16417","title":{"rendered":"Robert \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u009d McLeod, 1938 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Robert-McLeod-headshot-250x350-96.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16418\" width=\"173\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Robert-McLeod-headshot-250x350-96.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Robert-McLeod-headshot-250x350-96-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob McLeod, 80, passed away on July 6, 2019, in Houston, Tex.\nBorn on November 10, 1938, in Merkel, Tex., McLeod attended Abilene Christian\nUniversity, where he was a star football and basketball player, and graduated\nwith a B.S. in Education. In 1961, he was drafted by the American Football\nLeague\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Houston Oilers and remained with the team for six seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After retirement from professional football, McLeod\nestablished a successful investment career in real estate and became a longtime\nresident of Benham, Tex., where he raised cutting horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a West Texas native, McLeod was naturally drawn to the\nsport of cutting and, by the late 1960s, owned several horses of his own. In 1976,\nhe purchased a Futurity prospect from prominent cutting horse breeder Marion\nFlynt. Later that year, McLeod\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s colt, Colonel Freckles, won the NCHA Futurity under\ntrainer Olan Hightower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McLeod sold Colonel Freckles in 1981, but retained a\ndaughter, Lovely Freckles, who placed for him under Rod Edwards in the 1981\nNCHA Futurity. Edwards also showed Lovely Freckles for McLeod to place third in\nthe 1982 NCHA Super Stakes, and McLeod showed her in non-pro competition, most\nnotably as winner of the 1984 NCHA Non-Pro Challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under new owners, Colonel Freckles would go on to establish\nan impressive sire record, but his most famous offspring, Colonel Lil, bred by\nKen Hammett and shown by Joe Heim, came from a first crop under McLeod\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McLeod\nwas preceded in death by his parents, Sam and Opal Omega Yoakum McLeod, and a\nbrother, Garth McLeod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among survivors are his wife, Judy Bibb McLeod; daughters Edie McWilliamsand husband Marty, Katy Pugh and husband Kenny, and Ellie Ferguson and husband Tommy; a brother, Jerry McLeod; sisters Sue Tucker, and Jan Rivera and husband Ray; and grandchildren Caitlin McWilliams, Capt. (ret.) Harrison McWilliams and wife Kendal, Anna Pugh, Abby Pugh, Emma Mahon, Halle Mahon and Aidan Mahon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A private memorial service for Bob McLeod\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nfamily will be held at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob McLeod, 80, passed away on July 6, 2019, in Houston, Tex. 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