| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1918-10-07)October 7, 1918 Curwensville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 29, 2016(2016-12-29) (aged 98) Madison, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1940 | College of Idaho |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1940 | College of Idaho |
| 1941 | Boise Pilots |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1948–1949 | Boise (assistant) |
| 1950–1951 | Boise |
| 1962–1969 | General Beadle / Dakota State |
| Basketball | |
| 1947–1948 | Caldwell HS (ID) |
| 1948–1962 | Boise |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1962–? | General Beadle / Dakota State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–39–1 (college football) 15–2 (junior college football) 206–139 (junior college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2ICAC (1950–1951) Basketball 3 ICAC (1956–1958) | |
George C. Blankley (October 7, 1918 – December 29, 2016)[1] was anAmerican football andbasketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Boise Junior College—nowBoise 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 CoachLyle Smith was called into theUnited States Navy during the early part of theKorean War.[2] Blankley compiled a record of 16–2 as head football coach of BJC. In 1962 was hired asathletic director and head football coach at General Beadle State College—now known asDakota State University—inMadison, 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 inCurwensville, Pennsylvania, and grew up playing football, basketball, andbaseball. He attended theCollege of Idaho, where he played football, as anend, and baseball. Blankey graduated from college in 1941. He playedminor league baseball with the Boise Pilots of thePioneer Baseball League that year[5] before becoming theathletic director and coach atKuna High School. From 1943 to 1945, he taught physical education at his alma mater and then served as a physical trainer in theUnited States Marines. In 1948, Blankley was coaching basketball atCaldwell High School inCaldwell, Idaho.[6]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise Broncos(Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference)(1950–1951) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Boise[n 1] | 6–1[n 1] | 3–0 | 1st | LJunior Rose | ||||
| 1951 | Boise | 9–1 | 4–0 | 1st | W Potato | ||||
| Boise: | 15–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 15–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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