Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow announced on social media Friday that his father, Bob, has passed away at age 78.
“Heaven welcomed a hero of faith last night when my dad was welcomed home! Many will ask forgiveness for his loss, but the truth is, he is not lost, we know exactly where he is. He is home. Forever!” wrote Tim Tebow.
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In 2016, the former Florida Gators quarterback announced in an interview with People that his father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow poses with his parents, Bob Tebow and Pam Tebow, at a Jacksonville Jaguars game against the Oakland Raiders in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 23, 2007. (Kirby Lee/Image by Sport-USA TODAY Sports)
“I asked him last week what he was most looking forward to in heaven, and he simply said, ‘Jesus,'” Tim continued in his tribute to his father. “I couldn’t wait to see Jesus face to face. Glory to God that your wait is over. Death has been swallowed up by victory. He is healed and whole now. Lest we mourn like those who have no 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 Parkinson’s diagnosis, Bob returned to the Philippines to do what he had done for years: visit children in orphanages. “When you see Dad in a third-world country with hurting people, you think, ‘That’s what he should do,'” Tim told PEOPLE in 2015. “It’s the most comfortable place to be 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. (IMAGE)
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Bob Tebow is survived by his wife, five children and eight grandchildren.
