Ed Blaine

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Ed Blaine
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Position: Guard
Personal information
Born: (1940-01-30) January 30, 1940 (age 84)
Farmington, Missouri, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:Farmington (MO)
College: Missouri
NFL draft: 1962  / round: 2 / pick: 28
AFL draft: 1962  / round: 4 / pick: 29
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:70
Games started:41
Player stats at PFR

Edward Homer Blaine (born January 30, 1940) is a former American football guard as well as an honorary professor and investigator from the University of Missouri. He was born in Farmington, Missouri on January 30, 1940. [1] He played offensive guard on the University of Missouri Tigers football team while a pre-med student there. Blaine was named All-Big Eight Conference and All-American in 1961.

Blaine was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the second round (28th overall) of the 1962 NFL draft, and was also selected by the New York Titans in the fourth round (29th overall) of the American Football League (AFL)'s 1962 draft.

He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers in 1962 and Philadelphia Eagles from 1963 to 1966. He was named All-Pro after the 1964 NFL season. Blaine was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on September 29, 2011.

Blaine is the former Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center Director and continues as a Dalton Development officer and Investigator and Professor in the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology with the University of Missouri. Dr. Ed Blaine was not only successful on the football field but also as one of the nation's foremost pharmaceutical researchers with an interest in hypertension and heart failure.

In November 2009, Dr. Blaine was also recognized as a Distinguished Eagle Scout by the Boy Scouts of America. This recognition is held with other greats such as astronaut Neil Armstrong, former President Gerald Ford, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

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