Dan Foldberg

Dan Foldberg, whose full name was John Daniel Foldberg, was an American college football end and career army officer, born in Texas on April 22, 1928, who died on May 30, 2002, aged 74. He played basketball for the 1944 state champions at Sunset High School in Dallas and then followed his older brother Hank to the United States Military Academy at West Point. As an end for Army he was named a first team All-American by unanimous consensus in 1950, captained the Cadets, and finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy vote; coach Earl Blaik called him the best end he had ever coached. He also played defense for the Army lacrosse team and was a second team All-American in 1951. The Detroit Lions chose him in the 22nd round of the 1951 NFL draft, but he stayed in the army for a 27-year career, serving in Korea and Vietnam and earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart before retiring as a colonel in 1978.