 Blackburn on a 1950 Bowman football card | |||||||
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| Position: | Center | ||||||
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| Born: | February 5, 1923 Weleetka, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||
| Died: | April 17, 2007 (aged 84) | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Houston (TX) Stephen F. Austin | ||||||
| College: | Rice | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1944 / Round: 5 / Pick: 33 | ||||||
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William Whitford Blackburn, Jr. (February 5, 1923 – April 17, 2007) was a professional American football player who played center for six seasons for the Chicago Cardinals.
Alvin Dark was a halfback and teammate of Blackburn with the Southwestern Louisiana Institute in 1944. He recalled that "the joy for me was running behind Humble and Blackburn. I'd never seen such blocking." [1]
References
- ^ Dark, Alvin; Underwood, John (1980). When in Doubt, Fire the Manager: My Life and Times in Baseball. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 35. ISBN 0-525-23264-8.
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Blackburn on a 1950 Bowman football card | |||||||
| No. 57 | |||||||
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| Position: | Center | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born: | February 5, 1923 Weleetka, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||
| Died: | April 17, 2007 (aged 84) | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Houston (TX) Stephen F. Austin | ||||||
| College: | Rice | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1944 / Round: 5 / Pick: 33 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||||||
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| Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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William Whitford Blackburn, Jr. (February 5, 1923 – April 17, 2007) was a professional American football player who played center for six seasons for the Chicago Cardinals.
Alvin Dark was a halfback and teammate of Blackburn with the Southwestern Louisiana Institute in 1944. He recalled that "the joy for me was running behind Humble and Blackburn. I'd never seen such blocking." [1]
References
- ^ Dark, Alvin; Underwood, John (1980). When in Doubt, Fire the Manager: My Life and Times in Baseball. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 35. ISBN 0-525-23264-8.
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| This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |