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Originally Posted by Ron Mummert
It occurs to me that most of the young members of this community may never have heard of George Blanda, let alone see him play the game, as he retired in 1976 - that's 34 years ago.. He was my mid-life crisis hero.
Prior to this age of instant jillionaire, wall-to-wall tatooed, steroid slurpin' "heros", who are over-the-hill in their 30's, George hung in there, as quarterback of the Raiders at the geezerly age of 48! I don't feel like quoting every stat this man holds (or held) as a record, since Google can do it faster than I can, but consider that besides tossing the ball to receivers through 4 decades, he kicked field goals AND extra points probably without receiving one "high-five", let alone doing end zone back flips. There will never be another George Blanda, & some day I hope to shake his hand somewhere in the great unknown.
R.I.P. sir.
Ron.
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Hi Ron,
I was in high school, in Northern California, and a big Oakland Raider fan. Every week one year, it seemed, he found a way to win a game late in the fourth quarter. If I remember, he wasn't even the starting quarterback, he was the kicker at that point. Well, he threw or kicked the Raiders's to legendary wins. A legend for sure. R.I.P.
The 100 greatest NFL players is running on ESPN, I wonder what number George is?
Ron