GeauxLions94
April 20th, 2009, 11:16 AM
RIP to the other half of the great Army backfield of the 40's
Felix "Doc" Blanchard, the 1945 Heisman Trophy winner and Army's Mr. Inside in one of college football's most famous backfields, has died. He was 84.
Blanchard's daughter, Mary Blanchard, told the Associated Press late Sunday night in a phone interview that her father died of pneumonia at home in Bulverde, a small town in central Texas, earlier in the day.
The bruising fullback Blanchard, listed at 6 feet, 208 pounds, and Glenn Davis, aka Mr. Outside, helped Army win consecutive national titles in 1944-45.
Notre Dame coach Ed McKeever was quoted as saying about Blanchard in 1944: "I've just seen Superman in the flesh. He wears No. 35 and goes by the name of Blanchard."
Doc Blanchard (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-04-20-blanchard-obit_N.htm)
Felix "Doc" Blanchard, the 1945 Heisman Trophy winner and Army's Mr. Inside in one of college football's most famous backfields, has died. He was 84.
Blanchard's daughter, Mary Blanchard, told the Associated Press late Sunday night in a phone interview that her father died of pneumonia at home in Bulverde, a small town in central Texas, earlier in the day.
The bruising fullback Blanchard, listed at 6 feet, 208 pounds, and Glenn Davis, aka Mr. Outside, helped Army win consecutive national titles in 1944-45.
Notre Dame coach Ed McKeever was quoted as saying about Blanchard in 1944: "I've just seen Superman in the flesh. He wears No. 35 and goes by the name of Blanchard."
Doc Blanchard (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-04-20-blanchard-obit_N.htm)