Sid Blanks
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | April 29, 1941 Del Rio, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | December 12, 2021 (aged 80) Webster, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | San Felipe (Del Rio) | ||||||||||||
| College | Texas A&I | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1964: 3rd round, 42nd overall pick | ||||||||||||
| AFL draft | 1964: 5th round, 38th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Sidney Blanks (April 29, 1941 – December 12, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Texas A&I and was the first-ever black football player in the Lone Star Conference and the first African American player recruited and signed in the state of Texas. While Abner Haynes and Leon King played at North Texas two years earlier, neither were recruited. They were both walk-ons.