Career
He also taught the south"s largest Sunday School class. A law graduate from Vanderbilt University in 1911, he began newspaper work on the Nashville Tennessean. He then switched to the Nashville Banner as a political writer, until eventually becoming a sports editor of the Atlanta Journal in 1916.
Blake ranked Don Hutson led Alabama as the best football team he ever saw.
He is one proposed originator of the "Golden Tornado" nickname for Georgia Technology He is also one for the Georgia Bulldogs.
He wrote a story about school nicknames for football teams and proposed:
The Georgia Bulldogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity. Blake was known for his coverage of golfer Bobby Jones.
He retired in 1951.
Teaching at the Agoga Men"s Bible Cass at the Baptist Tabernacle of Atlanta, his class frequently reached 2,000 and was rated as the largest in the south.
He also wrote religious news columns.
