Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow announced on social media Friday that his father, Bob, died at the age of 78.
“Heaven welcomed a hero of faith last night as my father was welcomed home! Many will apologize for your loss, but the truth is he is not lost, we know exactly where he is. He is home. Forever!” Tim Tebow wrote.
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In 2016, the former Florida Gators quarterback announced in an interview with People that his father had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow poses with his parents, Bob Tebow and Pam Tebow, during a Jacksonville Jaguars game against the Oakland Raiders in Jacksonville, Florida, December 23, 2007. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sports-USA TODAY Sports)
“I asked him last week what he wanted most from Heaven, and he simply said, ‘Jesus,'” Tim continued in his tribute to his father. “He couldn’t wait to see Jesus face to face. Praise God that his wait is over. Death has been swallowed up in victory. He is healed and whole now. So we don’t cry like those who are without hope. See you soon Dad!”
In 1985, Bob and his wife, Pam, moved their young family to Mindanao, Philippines, where Bob’s goal was to “share the Gospel with every man, woman and child.”
After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Bob returned to the Philippines to do what he had been doing for years: visit children in orphanages. “When you see Dad in a third world country with hurting people, you’re like, ‘That’s what he’s supposed to do,'” Tim told PEOPLE in 2015. “It’s his most comfortable place in the world.”
Tim Tebow appears on the SEC Nation set before the game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Georgia Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi on November 8, 2025. (IMAGINE)
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Bob Tebow is survived by his wife, five children and eight grandchildren.
