Bill Blackburn
 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) Richmond, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Houston (TX) Stephen F. Austin | ||||||||||
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| NFL draft | 1944: 5th round, 33rd overall pick | ||||||||||
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William Whitford Blackburn Jr. (February 5, 1923 – April 17, 2007) was an American professional football player who was a center for six seasons for the Chicago Cardinals.[1]
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."[2]
References
- ↑ "Bill Blackburn Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ 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.