Dan
Blocker in the army
Photo courtesy of Frank Miklos
Ten small facts
about everyone's favorite Cartwright.
1. His birth name was Bobby Don Blocker.
2. Born in DeKalb, Texas - he was raised in O'Donnell
from age six.
3. At 14 pounds - he was the largest baby ever born in Bowie County.
4. He was sent to military school in San
Antonio at the age of 12.
5. He once taught school for a few years in Sonora,
Texas.
6. He was an Infantry sergeant during the Korean War.
7. He had a Master's Degree in Drama from Sul Ross in Alpine,
Texas.
8. He married his college sweetheart, Dolphia Lee Parker.
9. He was a part owner in the Bonanza Restaurant Chain.
10. He died of complications from an operation in 1972.
Dan
Blocker's grave in the Woodsmen Cemetery, near downtown DeKalb.
Photo courtesy of John DeBusk
Dan
Blocker at the Indianapolis 500 back in 1962.
Photo by Ken
Rudine
See also: Mighty
Hossby Archie McDonald, Ph.D ("All Things Historical"
Column)
Dan Blocker
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Dan Blocker
was in the Korean war with my father. I have attached a photo of
Dan and three other men from their company. My dad and Dan met a
number of years later when Dan was in Pittsburgh on a promotional
tour for Bonanza. - Frank Miklos, November 01, 2002
I went to Sul
Ross College and was in many classes, and out of class, with Dan
and he was a very dear friend and beer drinking buddy of mine. I
was also a classmate of his wife Dolphia's sister Elaine Parker
all thru grade and high school. TOP PEOPLE!! I never get enough
hearing or reading of them. Keep it up. Sincerely, J. Frank Woodward
Alpine, Texas. Now of El Paso, Texas, June 05, 2001
