Doc Blanchard

Soldier, American football player

1924 – 2009

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Who was Doc Blanchard?

Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard is best known as the college football player who became the first ever junior to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and was the first ever football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. He played football for the United States Military Academy at West Point. Because his father was a doctor, Felix Blanchard was nicknamed "Little Doc" as a boy. After football, he served in the United States Air Force from 1947 until 1971 when he retired with the rank of Colonel.

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Born
Dec 11, 1924
McColl
Also known as
  • Felix Blanchard
  • Felix Anthony Blanchard
  • Mr. Inside
  • Doc
  • Felix Anthony Blanchard Jr.
  • 'Doc' Blanchard
  • Felix 'Doc' Blanchard
  • Felix A. Blanchard
  • Little Doc
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • White American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • United States Military Academy
    (1944 - 1946)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1942 - 1943)
  • Saint Stanislaus College
Employment
  • Commandant, New Mexico Military Institute
    (1971 - 1973)
Lived in
  • South Carolina
  • Texas
  • Dexter
  • McColl
Died
Apr 19, 2009
Bulverde

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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