Dan Blake

Daniel Bigelow Blake, Jr. (May 22, 1882 – September 7, 1953) was an American football player and coach.

Dan Blake
Blake cropped from the 1906 team picture
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionHalfback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1882-05-22)May 22, 1882
Cuero, Texas
Died:September 7, 1953(1953-09-07) (aged 71)
Gary, Indiana
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (1903–1906)
High schoolBowen School
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Dan Bigelow Blake, Jr. was born on May 22, 1882, in Cuero, Texas, to Daniel Bigelow Blake, Sr. and Mary Clara Weldon. Dan, Sr. was a physician and once president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine.[1]

Playing years

Vanderbilt

Blake was a prominent halfback and end for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt football teams from 1903 to 1906, winning multiple SIAA titles. His two brothers, Bob and Vaughn, also played on those teams. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captains of the 1906, 1907, and 1908 Vanderbilt teams respectively. Dan Blake was selected consensus All-Southern in 1906. At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and stood 5 feet 11 and weighed some 165 pounds.[2]

1903

Dan played end in 1903, the same position as his brother Bob.

1904
1904 Vanderbilt Commodores football team. Dan is top row, second from left

One writer in 1904 still contended Blake, who "played left half for Vanderbilt, '04, being taken from left end, which position he played in '03. End is his position; he is heavy, weighing about 170, is fast, a good tackler, advances the ball well, and is a fair punter."[3]

1906

Dan was captain of the 1906 team, considered one of the school's greatest.[4] Dan made the field goal to tie Michigan 4 to 4, a score that would remain until the final two minutes saw a Michigan touchdown.[5]

Coaching years

Hopkinsville High

He went on to coach at Hopkinsville High School at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. While there he was manager of the electric light and gas plants of the Kentucky Public Service Company.[6]

See also

References
  1. Charles Wells Moulton (1906). "Blake, Daniel Bigelow". The Doctor's Who's Who. The Saalfield Publishing Co. 12.
  2. "Vanderbilt". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 20: 377. 1905.
  3. Myles P. O'Connor (1904). "An All-K.S. Football Team". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 19: 211.
  4. "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Garrels' Big Run Brings Victory". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 4, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. "Dan Blake". Hopkinsville Kentuckian. October 1, 1912. p. 4.
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