Glenn Woodward Davis
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| Glenn Davis | |
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 'Time magazine cover from October 23, 1945. Davis is on the left. |
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| Date of birth | December 26, 1924 |
| Place of birth |  Burbank, CA |
| Date of death | March 9, 2005 (age 80) |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| College | Army |
| NFL Draft | 1947 / Round 1/ Pick 2 |
| Career Highlights | |
| Pro Bowls | 1951 |
| Awards | 1946 Heisman Trophy 1944 Maxwell Award |
| Statistics | |
| Team(s) | |
| 1950-1951 | Los Angeles Rams |
| College Hall of Fame | |
Glenn Woodward Davis (December 26, 1924 - March 9, 2005) was an American football player famous in the 1940s. A member of the Class of 1947 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Under coach Earl Blaik, Davis teamed with Doc Blanchard to form a devastating pair of runners. With Davis and Blanchard, Army went 27-0-1 between 1944 and 1946.
Davis, nicknamed "Mr. Outside", won the Maxwell Award in 1944 and the Heisman Trophy in 1946. He was also among the runners up in 1944 and 1945. Blanchard, his teammate, won the award in 1945. Davis also was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 1946. As a collegian, Davis scored a then-record 59 touchdowns. He still holds the record for most yards averaged per carry in a season, with 11.5 yards in 1945. Together with Blanchard, they set a then-record 97 career touchdowns by a pair of teammates. (The record was broken by University of Southern California backs Reggie Bush and LenDale White, who had 99 career touchdowns.)
After graduation, Davis served three years in the military before joining the Los Angeles Rams. A knee injury in 1952 ended his professional career.
He died of prostate cancer at La Quinta, California.
| Preceded by Doc Blanchard |
Heisman Trophy Winner 1946 |
Succeeded by Johnny Lujack |
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Categories: 1924 births | 2005 deaths | American football running backs | Army Black Knights football players | College Football Hall of Fame | Heisman Trophy winners | Los Angeles Rams players | National Conference Pro Bowl players | People from the Inland Empire, California | United States Army officers | West Point graduates
