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  • #1

    George Blanda dies

    Hall of Fame QB/kicker Blanda dies at 83

    RIP George.
    Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?
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    RIP
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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    • #3
      RIP.

      Oldest player in NFL history -- 48 when he hung 'em up. Also the oldest ever to QB in a championship game - 43. Take that, Favre!

      Wiki:
      Blanda holds the following Professional 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) - Jeff Feagles being the other
      * 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
      * 3rd Fewest receiving yards in a career: -16
      * Most total points accounted for (including TD passes) in a career: 3,418 (not an official stat)
      Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
      RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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      • #4
        He was cool. RIP.
        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
        "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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        • #5
          RIP.

          "It certainly doesn't bother me," Blanda said about losing the scoring record. "The one record I was happy to get rid of was the one for the most interceptions, when Brett Favre got that one."
          Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
          Iain Banks missed deadline due to Civ | The eyes are the groin of the head. - Dwight Schrute.
          One more turn .... One more turn .... | WWTSD

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          • #6
            An Icon of the game.
            Founder of The Glory of War, CHAMPIONS OF APOLYTON!!!
            '92 & '96 Perot, '00 & '04 Bush, '08 & '12 Obama, '16 Clinton, '20 Biden, '24 Harris

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            • #7
              rip

              as a kid my pops took us to a Raiders game and I think Lamonica was the QB and Blanda was his back up

              I think, I just remember walking out of a tunnel and saw the amazing sight of a pro football stadium for the first time and...wow

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