Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1915 — Football Player is Fire Fighter. [ARTICLE]

Football Player is Fire Fighter.

Frank Blocker, Purdue -football star and captain of next year’s team, played the hero role in a fire in West Lafayette Thursday. W. G. Ogborn, a Lafayette boy, was assisting ’in fighting the fire in the second story of a house and was overcome. Blocker rushed into the house and carried the unconscious lad from the house. He was in a serious condition for some time. About 500 students were present and gave the Purdues captain a rousing cheer. Blocker’s home is in Hammond.