Doc Blanchard

Football Player

Birthday December 11, 1924

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Mccoll, SC

DEATH DATE Apr 19, 2009 (84)

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About

College Football Hall of Fame fullback who became the first-ever junior to win both the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award.

Before Fame

He decided to play college football at UNC because the coach was his mother's cousin.

Trivia

In 1945, he became the first football player to ever win the James E. Sullivan Award.

Family Life

He lived with his daughter and her husband for 20 years until his death in 2009.

Associated With

He played at West Point under Coach Earl Blaik.