Bill Blackburn

Games played:	59
Games started:	20
Touchdowns:	4

Bill Blackburn
	Blackburn on a 1950 Bowman football card
No. 57
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
	Chicago Cardinals (1945–1950);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	59
Games started:	20
Touchdowns:	4
	Player stats at NFL.com

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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[1] 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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