NFL Legend George Blanda Passes Away - 83 Years Old

RamboLiberal

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Mon Sep-27-10 03:36 PM
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NFL Legend George Blanda Passes Away - 83 Years Old

Edited on Mon Sep-27-10 04:34 PM by RamboLiberal

George Blanda, one of the toughest and most unique players in NFL history, has passed away.

Blanda was the league's all-time leading scorer when he retired in 1976 after 26 seasons as a quarterback/place-kicker. A first-ballot Hall of Famer, Blanda played with the Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers, and finally with the Oakland Raiders. He won AFL titles with the Oilers in 1960 and 1961.

Blanda started out as just a kicker in Chicago, but he became a record setting quarterback in Houston. He's perhaps best known for being the most improbable Player of the Year award winner (then called the Bert Bell Award) in history at age 43.

Cut at the beginning of the 1970 season and 12 seasons after his first retirement, Blanda went on an insane five-week run where he either replaced Raiders quarterback Daryle LaMonica to lead the Raiders to a comeback victory or kicked a winning or tying field goal. Every single week.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/27/george-blanda-passes-away/?related=1

RIP George Blanda - you were certainly "old school" and one of the best! And that's from a Steeler fan!

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rurallib

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Mon Sep-27-10 03:44 PM
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1. Just talked about Blanda with my SIL Saturday

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Mon Sep-27-10 03:51 PM
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2. RIP George Blanda.

:thumbsup:

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Old and In the Way

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Mon Sep-27-10 03:55 PM
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3. Thanks for posting...I remember that streak of games - it was a thing of legends.

Strange to think of someone you remember playing QB as dying of old age...sigh.

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gratuitous

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Mon Sep-27-10 03:59 PM
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4. During that magical 1970 season

My then-brother-in-law was a masseur at The Executive House in Oakland, and gave Blanda rubdowns during the week. He got Blanda to autograph the Sports Illustrated issue detailing his exploits and sent it to us for Christmas. I think my brother (the Raiders fan) has the magazine nowadays, as I was and am a Chiefs fan.

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Mon Sep-27-10 04:00 PM
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5. Great QB who threw TD passes & kicked field goals and extra points.

There will never be another QB like him again. Today's QBs are babied compared to Blanda's days. Blanca led the league in points scored because he was a QB and a place kicker.

RIP George...

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bahrbearian

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Mon Sep-27-10 04:05 PM
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6. RIP George

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Arctic Dave

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Mon Sep-27-10 04:48 PM
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7. RIP.

Old School Football Player at its best.

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