Editing George Blankley

'''George C. Blankley''' (October 7, 1918 – December 29, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weilandfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=1261860#/obituaryInfo|title=Obituary for George Blankley|publisher=Weiland Funeral Chapel|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=blankleysmith>{{cite news |url=http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=15&article=1004&context=uni_books&type=additional |publisher=Boise State University |title=Boise College – An Idea Grows |date=1950 |page=4}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=General Beadle Hires New Football Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16052125/the_daily_republic/ |newspaper=The Daily Republic |location=[[Mitchell, South Dakota]] |date=July 26, 1962 |page=10 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> He resigned as head football coach following the 1969 season, compiling a record of 27–39–1 in eight seasons.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Trojans' Blankley Resigns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16051992/argusleader/ |newspaper=[[Argus Leader]] |location=[[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] |date=November 17, 1969 |page=13 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

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 (gridiron football)|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<ref>{{cite news |title=Boise Pilots Play Coyotes If Field Dries |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C8NeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1588,877651 |newspaper=[[Lewiston Morning Tribune]] |date=April 11, 1941 |accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref> 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 (Caldwell, Idaho)|Caldwell High School]] in [[Caldwell, Idaho]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Broncos: A History of Boise State University athletics, 1932–1994 |last=Ourada |first=Patricia K. |year=1994 |publisher=[[Boise State University]] |location=[[Boise, Idaho]] |isbn=0-932129-17-X |page=45 |url=http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=3&article=1006&context=uni_books&type=additional |accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref>