Any discussion of Army football history isn't legit unless it contains "Mr. Inside" and "Mr. Outside."
LINK: MR. INSIDE & MR. OUTSIDE
1955 Topps All-American #59 Doc Blanchard |
1955 Topps All-American #59 Doc Blanchard (back) |
After his playing days, Blanchard joined the Air Force. He flew 84 missions over North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Mr. Inside died of pneumonia in 2009.
1950 Bowman #16 Glenn Davis |
Davis played in the same backfield with Doc Blanchard and was a part of the same three championship teams, and was an All-American the same three seasons. Blanchard won the Heisman Trophy in 1944 as a junior and Davis won in 1955.
Davis served three years in the military before joining the Los Angeles Rams for the 1950 season. He was named an All-Pro that season but injured his knee in 1951, ending his career.
Davis died in 2005 and is interred at West Point Cemetery.
If you love history of the game and don't know much about these gentlemen, I encourage you to research.
As I went through my 1955 All-American cards I pulled the other Army and Navy players from the set. However, there either are no Navy players, or I don't have them.
1955 Topps All-American #95 Chris Cagle |
1955 Topps All-American #25 Cas Myslinski |
1955 Topps All-American #44 Ed Garbisch |
1955 Topps All-American #32 Hank Foldberg |
1955 Topps All-American #53 Jack Green |
1955 Topps All-American #6 Nile Kinnick |
1955 Topps All-American #6 Nile Kinnick |
If you don't know who Kinnick is but the name sounds familiar, the University of Iowa football stadium has been named "Kinnick Stadium" since 1972.
This was a different type of post for me and I hope that you enjoyed it. If you can, tune in for the game today. It is on CBS at 3pm eastern. Throw out the records. Throw out the stupid offenses and throwing 60 times a game that most run now. Enjoy some football, the way it was created to be played.
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Army has gone at least four games this year without throwing a pass, including a dominating win over Air Force this year.
ReplyDeleteWould love to add a Davis or Blanchard vintage to my collection someday. I did get an old College Football Digest with Bob Anderson on the cover from 1958 for Christmas last year.
Both can certainly be had cheaply. There are so many All-American cards out there. The Bowmans that Davis is on aren't in short supply either.
DeleteMan do I love that set, and I know I'd love it even if it didn't have a bunch of Wolverines in it. I'm surprised Topps hasn't gone back to that well much.
ReplyDeleteWhen they have gone back to that well, I've loved them. I wish that I had bought a few boxes during those seasons.
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