Answer the following question: Facts: - number: 35 -rrb- -lrb- college -rrb- ; 61 -lrb- high school - height in: 0 - collegehof: 40022 - collegehofyear: 1959 - birth date: 11 december 1924 - honors: 3 time all-american - caption: doc blanchard '' '' mr. inside '' '' - death date: 19 april 2009 - college: north carolina army - nfldraftedround: 1 - awards: 1945 heisman trophy 1945 maxwell award 1945 sullivan award - name: doc blanchard - playing years: 1944 -- 1946 - death place: bulverde , texas - birth place: mccoll , south carolina - weight lbs: 205 - position: fullback - nfldraftedyear: 1946 - high school: bay st. louis -lrb- ms -rrb- saint stanislaus - nfldraftedteam: pittsburgh steelers - playing team: army - nfldraftedpick: 3 - image size: 150 - height ft: 6 - image: felix doc blanchard army football.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of doc blanchard .
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felix anthony '' doc '' blanchard -lrb- december 11 , 1924 -- april 19 , 2009 -rrb- is best known as the college football player who became the first ever junior to win the heisman trophy , maxwell award and was the first ever football player to win the james e. sullivan award , all in 1945 .he played football for the united states military academy at west point .because his father was a doctor , felix blanchard was nicknamed '' little doc '' as a boy .after football , he served in the united states air force from 1947 until 1971 when he retired with the rank of colonel .