Doc Blanchard

Doc Blanchard
1947 West Point yearbook photo
No. 35
PositionFullback
Personal information
Born(1924-12-11)December 11, 1924
McColl, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedApril 19, 2009(2009-04-19) (aged 84)
Bulverde, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolSaint Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi)
CollegeNorth Carolina (1943)
Army (1944–1946)
Awards and highlights
Other information
Military career
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Air Force
Service years1946-1971
Rank Colonel
Unit77th Fighter Squadron
ConflictsWorld War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross

Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (December 11, 1924 – April 19, 2009) was an American football player and serviceman who became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award, and was the first football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. He played football for the Army Cadets, where he was known as "Mr. Inside".

Because his father was a physician, Felix Blanchard was nicknamed "Little Doc" as a boy. After football, he was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and served from 1947 until 1971, when he retired with the rank of colonel.