The Doctor is Out

Doc Blanchard, who won the 1945 Heisman Trophy as Mr. Inside, has died at the age of 84. In the era before the service academies existed to help Notre Dame make the Outback Bowl, Blanchard and his Army backfield mate Mr. Outside Glenn Davis led the Cadets to a three-year record of 27-0-1 and national titles in 1944 and 1945. Blanchard racked up 38 TDs, and 1,908 yards in three seasons. Drafted by the Steelers in 1946, Blanchard opted to tie instead of losing and served as a fighter pilot in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, retiring as a colonel in 1971.