George Blanda Dies at 83

[kenny]

This guy was amazing. he played pro football until he was 48. I remember him well as the first Oilers quarterback.

[Funk Shoal Brutha]

Yeah, he could play almost any position on the field... amazing athlete. RIP George Blanda.

[Walker]

Hell, I thought he was still playing.

[dbarham]

RIP Blanda

[mjh]

Yep and he was the only quarterback to ever bring a champioship to houston! The old AFL

[GGF]

First pro game I ever saw was Blanda vs Namath in Rice Stadium. I was forced to root for the Jets since Namath was from Alabama, but that was the day I became an Oilers fan.

thanks for that George Blanda. RIP.

[coachlaw]

My dad used to say he was the John Wayne of the gridiron. Rest in peace old warrior.

[fuzzy]

Player back when it was real football.I don't even watch that crap anymore.

[nokatchin]

RIP

[Robalo]

He was also a heck of a kicker.

[Walker]

Blanda held a lot of pro football records:

• Passing TD's in a game: 7 (Tied with 4 others) November 19, 1961 vs. New York Titans
• Most seasons played: 26 (1949–58, 1960–75)
• Most seasons scoring a point: 26
• One of two players to play in 4 different decades: (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s)
• Most PATs made (943) and attempted (959)
• Most interceptions thrown, single season: 42 (1962)
• Held record of most pass attempts in a single game: 68 (37 completions, vs. New York Titans on 11/1/1961) until 1994 when Drew Bledsoe had 70
• Oldest person to play in an NFL game: 48 years, 109 days
• First player ever to score over 2,000 points
• Oldest quarterback to start a title game
• Most total points accounted for (including TD passes) in a career: 3,418

[Nwilkins]

I have a 1960 something Oilers signed football with his autograph on it.
I think his snapper (center) was Bobby Maples?
RIP