Doc Blanchard, Mr. Inside of Army, often called the greatest fullback of all time by coaches that saw him play...(He and Bronko Nagurski are considered the top)...His Dad, Doc Sr, was supposedly also incredible, in the late teens with Tulane.
Everyone has seen a ton of my stuff on Doc. Well, here is some stuff on Bronk:
In the days when football was played largely on the ground, everyone was in awe of another Chicago ballcarrier.
Of the All-Pro football players who stirred America in the twentieth century, Bronko Nagurski joined Red Grange and Sammy Baugh in the first wave. And to sports fans, each symbolized something different.
Baugh was a precision passer, Grange a matchless open-field runner, Nagurski the ultimate power symbol.
Nagurski had super-human strength. Everybody who played in that era said so. He was the NFL’s first big winner, and he was the one they talked about the most whenever old-timers got together, as they did one summer in Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "I saw Nagurski for the first time when I was an NFL rookie," remembered Don Hutson, who has ranked as one of football’s top two or three receivers, all-time, since his All-Pro days at Green Bay. "At Alabama, I’d been known as a good defensive end, so I played Nagurski the way I’d play a Georgia fullback. On first down they gave him the ball, and he ran straight over me. I mean he ran me down and kept going without breaking stride."
Arch-rival Green Bay fullback-linebacker Clark Hinkle recalled: "He was the most bruising runner ever. The first time I tackled Nagurski, I had to have five stitches in my face. My biggest thrill in football was the day he announced his retirement."
