Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow announced Friday on social media that his father, Bob, has passed away at the age of 78.
“Heaven ushered in a hero of faith last night when my father was welcomed home! Many will say sorry 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 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, Fla., on December 23, 2007. (Kirby Lee/Image of 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. “He couldn’t wait to see Jesus face to face. Praise God that his waiting is over. Death has been swallowed up in victory. He is healed and whole now. So we do not mourn like those 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 his Parkinson’s diagnosis, Bob went back to the Philippines to do what he had been doing for years – visiting children in orphanages. “When you see Dad in a third-world country with hurting people, you think, ‘This is what he intends to do,'” Tim told PEOPLE in 2015. “It’s his most comfortable place to be in the world.”
Tim Tebow performs at the SEC Nation game before the game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Georgia Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss., on Nov. 8, 2025. (IMAGIN)
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Bob Tebow is survived by his wife, five children and eight grandchildren.
