Cary Blanchard, a clutch place-kicker who played for the Giants and the Jets and helped the Indianapolis Colts reach the American Football Conference championship game in January 1996, died on Tuesday in Mabank, Tex. He was 47.
His death was announced on the website of Oklahoma State University, where Blanchard was a standout player in college. Mindi Blanchard, his ex-wife, told The Associated Press that she thought the cause was a heart attack.
Blanchard scored 331 points and was a three-time all-Big Eight selection at Oklahoma State before starting his National Football League career with the Jets in 1992.