Forrest Blue

Forrest Murrell Blue, Jr. (September 7, 1945  – July 16, 2011) was an offensive lineman who spent eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers (1968–1974) and Baltimore Colts (1975–1978).

Blue was born in Marfa, Texas on September 7, 1945. He spent his teenage years in Tampa, Florida where his family moved after his father, a United States Army captain, retired there. A 1963 graduate of George D. Chamberlain High School, he made the National Honor Society and starred on the varsity teams in football, baseball, track and basketball. He was a member of the Florida High School Activities Association (FHSAA) Class AA football champions in 1961. He eventually was inducted into the Tampa Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and named the sixth-best football player ever from Hillsborough County by the St. Petersburg Times in 1999.

Blue was a three-year letterman as a center for Ralph "Shug" Jordan at Auburn University from 1965 through 1967. He played for the College All-Stars in its 34–17 defeat to the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on August 2, 1968.

Selected 15th overall in the 1968 draft by the San Francisco 49ers out of Auburn University, Blue helped the team win three straight division titles, and was named an All-Pro four times.

Blue died at an assisted living facility in Carmichael, California of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

In May 2013, he was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

#38 Forrest Blue (ROOKIE)
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#269 All-Pro - Forrest Blue
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PSA 8 - NM/MT
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Forrest Blue
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1972 Sunoco Stamps
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#70 Forrest Blue
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#124 AP All-Pro - Forrest Blue (VARIATION)
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#124 TWO Forrest Blue (No All-Pro / 1972 Stats and Two Asterisks Before Copyright on Back VARIATION)
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#124 ONE PB Forrest Blue (No All-Pro / 1973 Stats and One Asterisk Before Copyright on Back VARIATION)
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#180 Forrest Blue
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