Bob Blake (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bob Blake (American football)

American gridiron football player

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1885

Place of Birth: Cuero, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 08-May-1962

Profession: lawyer, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.