Early Life
Blake was born in Ashland, Wisconsin on August 16, 1914. He played high school hockey for three years in Hibbing, Minnesota for the Hibbing Blue Jackets. At the peak of his career, Blake stood six feet tall and weighed 200 pounds.
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