George Blanda dies

[Flipped Gazelle]

83 years old

 

[todpod]

bummer I remember him as The Raiders fg kicker

 

[Linflas]

Raiders legend George Blanda dies at 83

RIP.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

RIP George!

One of the most versatile and long lasting players in NFL history

 

[DesiPower]

RIP... whoever you were...

 

[ElFenix]

kicked a field goal in the AFC championship game at age 48

 

[eldorado99]

Rip

 

[SearchMaster]

Damn, I was talking about him with my son just yesterday. We were talking about Favre and he asked who the oldest player ever in the NFL was. He was one of my favorite players growing up because I always wondered how much longer he'd last.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

RIP... whoever you were...

 

[KeithP]

RIP... whoever you were...

He kicked.

-KeithP

 

[SearchMaster]

He was a QB as well.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

I don't know who he was either, and i don't know what the Raiders is either but since he's a "kicker" i suppose it's a kickboxing club or something.

(I'm half joking, i get that he was a kevlar rugby player and i've heard of the Raiders (though if you told me they are the Alabama Raiders and someone else said NJ Raiders i wouldn't know who to believe because i would not know, never heard about the guy either, but that goes for pretty much ALL kevlar rugby stars)

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

He was a QB as well.

QB is short for Qute Bitch?

 

[GuitarDaddy]

He was a QB as well.

Yep he spent most of his time in the NFL as a QB and FG kicker, he was only relegated to kicker only in his latter years

 

[olds]

I remember watching him and Daryle Lamonica play years ago.
RIP George.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

He set quite a few records

Most seasons played in the NFL 26
Most points scored (since topped by Gary Anderson)
Most combined points as QB and kicker (unofficial stat)
Most touchdowns thrown (topped by Dan Marino)
Most interceptions thrown (topped by Farve in 07)
Oldest starting QB in a championship game 48yrs 109days
Most touchdowns thrown in a single game (7) tied with several others

 

[MotionMan]

Why do people who do not know who the dead person is post "Who?" or something similar in threads like these?

I am willing to bet that 100% of the dead people can be found on the Google, probably with the first result being a short obit explaining who the person was.

Are people really that proud of their ignorance?

MotionMan

 

[eldorado99]

Why do people who do not know who the dead person is post "Who?" or something similar in threads like these?

I am willing to bet that 100% of the dead people can be found on the Google, probably with the first result being a short obit explaining who the person was.

Are people really that proud of their ignorance?

MotionMan

Probably has more to do with neffing than anything.

 

[Engineer]

Former player for the University of Kentucky and Bear Bryant. RIP.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Are people really that proud of their ignorance?

MotionMan

I'd answer that, but then this thread would get moved to P&N. :biggrin:

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

I don't know who he was either, and i don't know what the Raiders is either but since he's a "kicker" i suppose it's a kickboxing club or something.

(I'm half joking, i get that he was a kevlar rugby player and i've heard of the Raiders (though if you told me they are the Alabama Raiders and someone else said NJ Raiders i wouldn't know who to believe because i would not know, never heard about the guy either, but that goes for pretty much ALL kevlar rugby stars)

I had to take DesiPower to task for his statement because he's located in Texas, where George Blanda had great success, aside from the fact that he was an American sports icon.

 

[Pocatello]

What an athlete! You don't see that anymore.

 

[techs]

Too bad it wasn't Al Davis who died.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

I had to take DesiPower to task for his statement because he's located in Texas, where George Blanda had great success, aside from the fact that he was an American sports icon.

Wait, wait, wait, wait and slow down for a second there... sports icon?

There is only one sport in the world and that sport is hockey, the rest are games.

 

[MotionMan]

Wait, wait, wait, wait and slow down for a second there... sports icon?

There is only one sport in the world and that sport is hockey, the rest are games.

George Blanda would have kicked your ass at hockey, too (probably right up to yesterday).

MotionMan