December 11 , 1924McColl, South Carolina April 19 , 2009Bulverde, Texas Doc Blanchard Felix Anthony Blanchardd, Jr.; "Mr. Inside"), (born Dec. 11, 1924, McColl, S.C. died April 19 , 2009 Bulverde, Texas), American football player who was, with Glenn ("Mr. Outside") Davis, part of the famed college football backfield on the undefeated Army teams of 1944 46.
In 1924 Rice gave the backfield of the University of Notre Dame's football team its enduring name, the "Four Horsemen," and his annual selections of All-America football teams for Collier's magazine were considered to be authoritative.
Having already coached the team from 1940 to 1942, Jimmy Conzelman was rehired in 1946, and he oversaw a Cardinals victory in the 1947 NFL championship game behind the play of the team's famed "Million-Dollar Backfield".
Four Horsemen, name given by the sportswriter Grantland Rice to the backfield of the University of Notre Dame's undefeated gridiron football team of 1924: Harry Stuhldreher (quarterback), Don Miller and Jim Crowley (halfbacks), and Elmer Layden (fullback).
Cleveland's plans to pair Brown in the backfield with another remarkable running back from Syracuse, Ernie Davis, winner of the 1961 Heisman Trophy, came to naught when Davis contracted leukemia and never played a game for the Browns.
Lane impressed the Rams, who had initially tried him at offensive end before switching him to the defensive backfield, and he was offered a spot on the team.
"We certainly need to have our defensive plan together, but we can shut down his options and certainly our backfield will be set up to cover his kicking game.
Widely regarded as one of, if not the best running back in the league, Bell leaves behind a gaping hole in the backfield for the Steelers to fill.
Pierre Thomas caught eight passes out of the backfield for 77 yards and a touchdown.
The year after his Olympic victory, Campbell was drafted by the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, where he played one season in the same backfield as Jim Brown.
No running back is more proficient at converting such an opportunity than Lynch, who anchored a backfield that led the league in yards per rushing attempt.
