He played college football for the Missouri Tigers, earning first-team All-American honors in 1961.
[1] He attended the University of Missouri, where he played offensive guard on the for the Tigers football team while a pre-med student there.
He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers in 1962 and Philadelphia Eagles from 1963 to 1966.
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.
This recognition is held with other greats such as astronaut Neil Armstrong, former President Gerald Ford, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.