Don Blackburn played college ball at Rice as well as military football. Blackburn played for the famous US Marine football team known as the.” FMF Pacific Marines” in 1945. He also also played on the 1944 Southwest Louisiana Navy V-12 team. Blackburn was an All Service player.
Blackburn played two seasons for the Calgary Stampeders in 1951 and 1952.
| Year | Team | GP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | CAL | 14 | 10 |
| 1952 | CAL | 15 | 0 |
Blackburn had two touchdowns and touchdowsns wre worth only 5 points in 1951. The stats do not indicate how the touchdowns were scored.
| Year | Team | FR | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | OFR | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | CAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1952 | CAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
