Bob Blake (American football)
Blake, c. 1903
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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| Position | End |
| Class | 1908 |
| Major | Law |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1903, 1905–1907) |
| High school | Bowen School |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 31, 1885 |
| Place of birth | Cuero, Texas |
| Date of death | May 8, 1962 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
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Robert Edwin Blake (January 31, 1885 – May 8, 1962) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. Every football season in which he played, Blake was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship team and unanimously selected All-Southern. He was a lawyer and Rhodes Scholar.
His three brothers, Dan, Vaughn, and Frank, also played on those winning teams. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captains of the 1906, 1907, and 1908 Vanderbilt football teams respectively. He thus signed letters "Bob Blake, pater familias."
Blake was later general counsel for the International Shoe Company, and married Dorothy Gaynor. Blake was also president of the Missouri Constitutional Convention in 1944.
Blake was born on January 31, 1885 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. Bob Blake prepped at Bowen School.
Blake was Vanderbilt University’s first athlete to earn 16 letters, participating in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He stood 6 feet and weighed 170 pounds. While a senior, Blake was honored as Bachelor of Ugliness.
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