![]() 1947 West Point yearbook photo | |
No. 35 | |
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Position | Fullback |
Personal information | |
Born: | McColl, South Carolina, U.S. | December 11, 1924
Died: | April 19, 2009 Bulverde, Texas, U.S. | (aged 84)
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) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame (1959) | |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1946-1971 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | 77th Fighter Squadron |
Battles/wars | World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross[1] |
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".
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.
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