OT: George Blanda Dies

[PatsWickedPissah]

Played till 49 died at 83

 

[Aßßynormal]

Played till 49 died at 83

He was my favorite player from the AFL. That was when Tarington was throwing bombs to Homer Jones in the NFL and Al Davis was actually a great Football exec.


R.I.P.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

He was my favorite player from the AFL. That was when Tarington was throwing bombs to Homer Jones in the NFL and Al Davis was actually a great Football exec.


R.I.P.

What he did in 1970 was unbelievable. In 5 consecutive weeks, he either tied or won a game at the end of regulation by either throwing TD passes or kicking field goals, in an era when kickers barely converted 50% of their kicks...Oh and was 42 or 43 years old at the time......

 

[Calciumee]

What he did in 1970 was unbelievable. In 5 consecutive weeks, he either tied or won a game at the end of regulation by either throwing TD passes or kicking field goals, in an era when kickers barely converted 50% of their kicks...Oh and was 42 or 43 years old at the time......

Now that is a superstar!

 

[Gwedd]

I was fortunate to be able to see him play, in person at the AFL games...

He was a breed of a different kind of player, that today's NFL players dont even come close to matching. He played for the love of the game.

This. I only saw him on TV, but yeah.......

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Saw him live when the Pats played in Hahvid Stadium. Crowd would walk out mixed in with the players. Houston guys like Hennigan & Groman were big, tall. Stood next to Pats TE Tony Romeo and he was short and stocky. Aside from a few like Larry Eisenhauer at 6' 4" the Pats of that era were stubby kinda guys.

 

[Marko]

George Blanda RIP

 

[shakadave]

My 1972 George Blanda card has always been one of my most cherished football cards, from the year I started collecting. That dude scored a mess of points as a kicker, not even counting all his QBing.

 

[Simkin]

RIP be well where you are

 

[captain stone]

What he did in 1970 was unbelievable. In 5 consecutive weeks, he either tied or won a game at the end of regulation by either throwing TD passes or kicking field goals, in an era when kickers barely converted 50% of their kicks...Oh and was 42 or 43 years old at the time......

I remember watching those games, or at least the highlights of them. He def. had the Last Hurrah/Lion in Winter thing going for him, and had I imagine a lot of the country rooting for him, incl. my dad, brother & I.

Until 1976 happened, I actually liked the Oakland Raiders.