George Blankley
Biographical details
Born(1918-10-07)October 7, 1918
Curwensville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 2016(2016-12-29) (aged 98)
Madison, South Dakota, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1940College of Idaho
Baseball
c. 1940College of Idaho
1941Boise Pilots
Position(s)End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1948–1949Boise JC (assistant)
1950–1951Boise JC
1962–1969General Beadle / Dakota State
Basketball
1947–1948Caldwell HS (ID)
1948–1962Boise JC
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1962–?General Beadle / Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall27–39–1 (college football)
15–2 (junior college football)
206–139 (junior college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 Intermountain Collegiate (1950–1951)

Basketball
3 Intermountain Collegiate (1956–1958)

George C. Blankley (October 7, 1918 – December 29, 2016)[1] was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Boise Junior College—now Boise State University—from 1948 to 1962, compiling a record of 206–139. Blankey was also the head football coach at Boise Junior College from the middle of the 1950 season through the 1951 season, assuming the responsibility after Coach Lyle Smith was called into the United States Navy during the early part of the Korean War.[2] Blankley compiled a record of 16–2 as head football coach of BJC. In 1962 was hired as athletic director and head football coach at General Beadle State College—now known as Dakota State University—in Madison, South Dakota.[3] He resigned as head football coach following the 1969 season, compiling a record of 27–39–1 in eight seasons.[4]

Blankley was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania, and grew up playing football, basketball, and baseball. He attended the College of Idaho, where he played football, as an end, and baseball. Blankey graduated from college in 1941. He played minor league baseball with the Boise Pilots of the Pioneer Baseball League that year[5] before becoming the athletic director and coach at Kuna High School. From 1943 to 1945, he taught physical education at his alma mater and then served as a physical trainer in the United States Marines. In 1948, Blankley was coaching basketball at Caldwell High School in Caldwell, Idaho.[6]

Head coaching record

Junior college football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Boise Junior College Broncos (Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1950–1951)
1950 Boise JC[n 1] 6–1[n 1] 3–0 1st L Junior Rose
1951 Boise JC 9–1 4–0 1st W Potato
Boise JC: 15–2
Total: 15–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

College football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
General Beadle / Dakota State Trojans (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1962–1969)
1962 General Beadle 5–4 3–3 T–3rd
1963 General Beadle 3–5 2–4 5th
1964 General Beadle 1–7 1–5 T–6th
1965 General Beadle 6–3 4–2 T–2nd
1966 General Beadle 5–4 3–3 4th
1967 General Beadle 4–5 2–4 T–4th
1968 General Beadle 2–5–1 1–4–1 6th
1969 Dakota State 1–7 1–5 T–6th
General Beadle / Dakota State: 27–39–1 17–30–1
Total: 27–39–1

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lyle Smith was head coach for the first three games of the 1950 season before being recalled to the Navy during the Korean War. Blankley coached the remainder of the 1950 season.

References

  1. ^ "Obituary for George Blankley". Weiland Funeral Chapel. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Boise College – An Idea Grows". Boise State University. 1950. p. 4.
  3. ^ "General Beadle Hires New Football Coach". The Daily Republic. Mitchell, South Dakota. July 26, 1962. p. 10. Retrieved December 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Trojans' Blankley Resigns". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. November 17, 1969. p. 13. Retrieved December 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Boise Pilots Play Coyotes If Field Dries". Lewiston Morning Tribune. April 11, 1941. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  6. ^ Ourada, Patricia K. (1994). The Broncos: A History of Boise State University athletics, 1932–1994. Boise, Idaho: Boise State University. p. 45. ISBN 0-932129-17-X. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
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