 LeRoy
Blassingame
2001 Greater Flint
Afro-American Hall of Fame Inductee
Category: MULTIPLE SPORTS
Wife: Maty
Daughters: Nicole Dent, Robin Giles
Son: Troy Boyton
LeRoy was raised on the north side of Flint and attended Jefferson
Elementary, Emerson Junior High, Flint Central, and graduated from Flint
Northwestem.
As a child, LeRoy played sand lot ball at Oak Noll, Jefferson, Fairview
and Berston...or anywhere he could pick up a game.
LeRoy excelled at athletics as a young person. Some say he excelled
because of the neighborhood boys he played. Athletes such as John Summers
and AfroAmerican Hall of Famers Mel Summers, Al Washington and Gene
Summers.
LeRoy excelled in three sports, basketball, football and track. While
at Flint Central in his junior year he averaged 10.5 points per game
coming off the bench. In football with a season of 7 and 2, he caught
11 passes for 266 yards and scored five touchdowns from quarterback
Tiny Laster.
Due to boundary changes during Blassingame's senior year, he transferred
to Flint Northwestern and was named Flint's top Class A pass receiver
and narrowly missed an All State berth in football.
In basketball he had the best scoring average among the four high schools.
LeRoy scored 25 or more points four times, including the school record
of 33 points. He was the second highest regular season scorer in the
Flint city series scoring more than 200 points during the six regular
season games. He scored 322 points in 16 games for a 20.1 average to
spearhead the Wildcats to a 12 and 4 season. He missed the record by
five points.
LeRoy was named his senior year to the 10 Man All State Team by the
Associated Press, and was named honorary captain for the 1964-65 season,
and the most valuable player by his teammates.
LeRoy was the first winner of the Earl Emery Award and received the
Optimist Scholarship Citizenship and Athletic Award his senior year.
After high school LeRoy played on a team at Flint Junior College with
Ed Carr, John Summers, Monroe Dent and Justus Thigpen. He was unable
to complete the season because he was drafted into the Armed Forces.
LeRoy and his family reside in Flint.
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