Lisle Blackbourn
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Lisle "Liz" Blackbourn (ca. 1899 – 1983) was an American football coach who was the third head coach of the Green Bay Packers. He coached the Packers from 1954 to 1957.
Lisle 'Liz' Blackbourn began his career playing football for the Lawrence University Vikings, under head coach Mark Catlin. He earned "all-state" honors three times for the Vikings. He also was head coach at Marquette University, was on the football staff at the University of Wisconsin and coached Washington High School in Milwaukee for 22 years, compiling a 141-30-6 record.
As head coach for the Green Bay Packers, Blackbourn managed only a 17-31-0 record from 1954-57 with no playoff appearances. He resigned at the end of the 1957 season after a disappointing 3-9-0 campaign. Blackbourn stayed with the Packers as a scout. He drafted future big names such as Bart Starr, Paul Hornung and Ray Nitschke.
Blackbourn returned to Marquette after his days in Green Bay and coached the last two football seasons at the school. Blackbourn was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978. He died in 1983 in his hometown of Lancaster, Wisconsin.
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| Preceded by Gene Ronzani |
Green Bay Packers Head Coaches 1954–1957 |
Succeeded by Ray McLean |
| Green Bay Packers Head Coaches |
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| Lambeau • Ronzani • Devore • McLean • Blackbourn • McLean • Lombardi • Bengtson • Devine • Starr • Gregg • Infante • Holmgren • Rhodes • Sherman • McCarthy |
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