Background
Dan Bigelow Blake, Junior. was born on May 22, 1882 in Cuero, Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake, Senior and Mary Clara Weldon.
Dan Bigelow Blake, Junior. was born on May 22, 1882 in Cuero, Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake, Senior and Mary Clara Weldon.
Dan, Senior was a physician and once president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine. Vanderbilt
Blake was a prominent halfback and end for Dan McGugin"s Vanderbilt football teams from 1903 to 1906, winning multiple SIAA titles. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captains of the 1906, 1907, and 1908 Vanderbilt teams respectively.
Dan Blake was selected consensus All-Southern in 1906.
= 1904 One writer in 1904 still contended Blake, who "played left half for Vanderbilt, "04, being taken from left end, which position he played in "03. End is his position; he is heavy, weighing about 170, is fast, a good tackler, advances the ball well, and is a fair punter."
= 1906 Dan was captain of the 1906 team, considered one of the school"s greatest.
Dan made the field goal to tie Michigan 4 to 4, a score that would remain until the final two minutes saw a Michigan touchdown. Hopkinsville High
He went on to coach at Hopkinsville High School at Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
While there he was manager of the electric light and gas plants of the Kentucky Public Service Company.
At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and stood 5 feet 11 and weighed some 165 pounds.