Doc Blanchard
American football player and coach (1924–2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (December 11, 1924 – April 19, 2009) was an American football player and serviceman who became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award, and was the first football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. He played football for the Army Cadets, where he was known as "Mr. Inside".
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Position | Fullback |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1924-12-11)December 11, 1924 McColl, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died: | April 19, 2009(2009-04-19) (aged 84) Bulverde, Texas, U.S. |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career history | |
College | North Carolina (1943) Army (1944–1946) |
High school | Saint Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi) |
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College Football Hall of Fame (1959) | |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1946-1971 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | 77th Fighter Squadron |
Battles/wars | World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross[1] |
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Because his father was a physician, Felix Blanchard was nicknamed "Little Doc" as a boy.[2] After football, he was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force,[3] and served from 1947 until 1971, when he retired with the rank of colonel.