Dan Blocker: Hoss
1930-1972


Bonanza:  The Definitive Ponderosa Companion

by Melany Shapiro

Many thanks to Lee Sleeper and the very kind folks who work in the Sul Ross State University archives for providing these and other wonderful pictures!


 
blockerbeard.jpg (13515 bytes)blockernumber58.jpg (15893 bytes)Dan had a passion for football, but he could care less about acting. He was drafted into a small part in a college production of Arsenic and Old Lace because no one in the drama department was strong enough to drag the bodies out of the basement. From there, he caught the acting bug, and won several awards. That loveable gap-toothed smile that made him famous
blockerfootball.jpg (18292 bytes)Dan Blocker was the star linebacker on the Sul Ross State College (now Sul Ross State U.) football team.He weighed 14 pounds at birth, and by age 12, he was already over six feet tall. blockerkorea.jpg (34899 bytes)After college, Dan served in the Korean War. Here he is soaking his tired feet while reading Shakespeare.

 

 

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blockerdebate.jpg (13797 bytes)Yes, that's Dan on the far left -- on the Sul Ross Debate Team!

   
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