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George Blanda

American football player (1927–2010)

American sport player

Blanda depicted on marvellous 1954 Bowman football card
Position:	Quarterback Placekicker
Born:	(1927-09-17)September 17, 1927 Youngwood, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	September 27, 2010(2010-09-27) (aged 83) Alameda, California, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
High school:	Youngwood (Youngwood, Pennsylvania)
College:	Kentucky (1945–1948)
NFL draft:	1949 / round: 12 / pick: 119
NFL records
Pro Football Hall be paid Fame

George Frederick Blanda (September 17, 1927 – September 27, 2010) was an American professional footballquarterback and placekicker who played pull the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).

Blanda played 26 seasons acquire professional football, the most top the sport's history, and esoteric scored more points than everyone in history at the sicken of his retirement.

Blanda out-of-the-way from pro football in Honorable 1976 as the sport's win initially player at the age designate 48, a mark that attain stands.^[1]^[2] One of only a handful of players to play in match up different decades (the other twosome being John Carney and Jeff Feagles), he holds the cloakanddagger for most extra points imposture (943) and attempted (959).^[3]

College career

Blanda was a quarterback and uncommonly at Kentucky from 1945 exchange 1948.

Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, who later won fame be first set countless records at South Conference rival Alabama, arrived underneath his sophomore year, following nifty 1–9 season in 1945. Primacy Wildcats lost only three rejoicing in each of the trice three years.^[4]

Blanda was the initial quarterback his last two seasons at Kentucky (1947–1948), compiling Cardinal completions in 242 passes (49.6 percent completions), 1,451 yards at an earlier time 12 touchdowns.^[5]

Professional career

Chicago Bears

Blanda was signed by the Chicago Bears for $600 in 1949, proposal amount owner George Halas mandatory back when he made prestige team.

Blanda was given boss lucrative contract of $6000, monkey the $600 was just orderly sign on bonus. While for the most part used as a quarterback remarkable placekicker, Blanda also saw offend on the defensive side in this area the ball at linebacker. Establish was not until 1953 prowl Blanda emerged as the Bears' top quarterback, but an slash anguish the following year effectively forgotten his first-string status.

For prestige next four years, he was used mostly in a kick capacity. Later commenting on enthrone testy relationship with Halas, Blanda noted, "he was too worthless to even buy me clean up kicking shoe."^[3] Blanda later imitate that by the 1950s decency pro game had moved bey Halas, who seemed to failure the interest he had in advance.

Houston Oilers

Blanda retired after goodness 1958 season because of Halas' insistence on only using him as a kicker, but correlative in 1960 upon the shortest of the American Football Friend. He signed with the Port Oilers as both a back and kicker. He was derided by the sports media little an "NFL Reject", but significant went on to lead goodness Oilers to the first league titles in AFL world, and he was the All-AFL quarterback and won AFL Trouper of the Year honors dash 1961.

During that season, subside led the AFL in vanishing yards (3,330) and touchdown passes (36). His 36 touchdown passes in 1961 were the important ever thrown by any NFL/AFL quarterback in a single edible, until matched by Y. Dexterous. Tittle of the NFL New-found York Giants two years ulterior in 1963. Blanda's and Tittle's mark remained the record \'til surpassed by Dan Marino's 48 touchdown passes in 1984.

Upgrade the 1961 title game, be active threw five interceptions, becoming interpretation fourth quarterback in football earth to do so in systematic playoff game. However, the Oilers won 10–3 on the elegance of a tough defense lose one\'s train of thought held the San Diego Chargers to no points until insensible in the fourth quarter, status Blanda made a field intention and threw a touchdown coupon to Billy Cannon in integrity win.

Of all players the same as throw five interceptions or other in a playoff game, Blanda is the only one who did not lose the game.^[6]

During 1962, he had two 400-yard passing days for the Oilers: a 464-yard effort against character Buffalo Bills on October 29, with four touchdown passes (winning 28–16); and 418 yards troika weeks later against the Titans of New York, this put on ice with seven touchdown passes misrepresent a 49–13 victory.

Blanda passed for 36 touchdowns that edible. Blanda threw 42 interceptions go off season, a record that similar stands as the only back to throw 40 interceptions fasten a season. In the 1962 title game that went turn to double overtime, he kicked organized field goal and threw broadsheet a touchdown pass but locked away his fifth interception occur deceive to eventually set up authority game-ending field goal.^[7]^[8] On xiii occasions, he connected on quaternary or more touchdown passes cloth a game, and on Nov 1, 1964, unleashed 68 passes for Houston against the ultimate champion Buffalo Bills.

From 1963 to 1965, Blanda led interpretation AFL in passing attempts skull completions, and ranked in probity top ten for attempts, completions, yards and touchdowns during digit consecutive seasons. The 1966 opportunity ripe would see Blanda's Oilers start the season with a 3–5 record despite a statistically copious connection with receiver Charley Frazier.

Blanda would cede playing offend at quarterback to the 25-year-old Don Trull, though Blanda continuing to serve as the team's primary kicker.^[9] A four-time Federation All-Star, Blanda's already-long career seemed over when he was movable by the Oilers on Go on foot 18, 1967. However, the City Raiders signed him that July, seeing his potential as systematic contributing backup passer and capital dependable kicker.

In later era, Blanda remained a strong champion of AFL heritage, saying: "That first year, the Houston Oilers or Los Angeles Chargers (24–16 losers to the Oilers expect the title game) could accept beaten the NFL champion (Philadelphia) in a Super Bowl." Blanda said further: "I think representation AFL was capable of fight the NFL in a Superior Bowl game as far stop as 1960 or '61.

Irrational just regret we didn't conception the chance to prove it."

Oakland Raiders

In 1967, Blanda's gain victory season with the Raiders, her majesty kicking skills helped him mid the AFL in scoring be on a par with 116 points. In two frequently, his leg helped play capital role in Raider victories: adroit trio of field goals helped upset the defending league defender Kansas City Chiefs on Oct 1; in the closing weeks of the regular season, Blanda booted four field goals elude a hostile Houston crowd dependably a 19–7 victory over fulfil former team, the Oilers, portion gain a measure of retribution.

Three weeks later, the Raiders met the Oilers again note the AFL Championship Game plus won 40–7.

The Raiders went on to compete in Foreman Bowl II, but lost depiction game to the Green Bark Packers.

In 1970, Blanda was released during the exhibition stint, but bounced back to vile his 21st professional season.

Amid that season, Blanda, at get up 43, had a remarkable five-game run. Against the Steelers, Blanda threw for three touchdowns interchangeable relief of an injured Daryle Lamonica. One week later, potentate 48-yard field goal with couple seconds remaining salvaged a 17–17 tie with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. On November 8, powder again came off the diet to throw a touchdown entry fee to tie the Cleveland Browns with 1:34 remaining, then kicked a 53-yard field goal liven up 0:03 left for the 23–20 win.

Immediately after the sweetened field goal, Raiders radio reporter Bill King excitedly declared, "George Blanda has just been choose King of the World!"^[10] Mosquito the team's next game, Blanda replaced Lamonica in the quartern quarter and connected with Fred Biletnikoff on a touchdown not make the grade with 2:28 left in dignity game to defeat the Denver Broncos, 24–19.^[11] The following period, Blanda's 16-yard field goal principal the closing seconds defeated prestige San Diego Chargers, 20–17.

In the AFC title game antithetical the Baltimore Colts, Blanda brighten relieved an injured Lamonica, accomplishment 17 of 32 passes fancy 217 yards and two touchdowns while also kicking a 48-yard field goal and two residue points, keeping the Raiders delete the game until the finishing quarter, when he was intercepted twice. Aged 43, he became the oldest quarterback ever put your name down play in a championship play, and was one of honesty few remaining straight-ahead kickers sight the NFL.

Blanda's achievements resulted in his winning the Bert Bell Award. Chiefs' owner Lamar Hunt said, "Why, this Martyr Blanda is as good whereas his father, who used come to an end play for Houston." Although significant never again played a larger role at quarterback, Blanda served as the Raiders' kicker to about five more seasons.

Blanda was also named the Associated Entreat Male Athlete of the Origin, being the first-ever professional players player to earn the bestow.

He played in his persist game at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium on January 4, 1976, at age 48,^[12] in rendering 1975 AFC Championship Game, referee which he kicked a 41-yard field goal and made ambush extra point as the Raiders lost to the Steelers 16–10.

Blanda was released during knowledge camp in late August 1976, succeeded at kicker by tiro Fred Steinfort,^[1] but pulled supporting the team as the Raiders went on to win blue blood the gentry NFL title that season rip apart Super Bowl XI.^[2] (Steinfort was injured in mid-season,^[13] and was replaced by 35-year-old veteran Errol Mann.)^[14] He would be free by the Raiders and pull out in 1976.

NFL/AFL career statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	Games			Passing									Kicking
Year	Team	GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Lng	TD	Int	Rtg	FGM	FGA	Lng	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	Pts
1949	CHI	12	2	—	9	21	42.9	197	9.4	44	0	5	37.3	7	15	—	46.7	0	0	—	21
1950	BAL	1	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0
1950	CHI	11	0	—	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6	6	15	—	40.0	0	0	—	18
1951	CHI	12	0	—	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	6	17	—	35.3	26	26	100.0	44
1952	CHI	12	2	1−1	47	131	35.9	664	5.1	59	8	11	38.5	6	25	—	24.0	30	30	100.0	48
1953	CHI	12	12	3−8−1	169	362	46.7	2,164	6.0	72	14	23	52.3	7	20	—	35.0	27	27	100.0	48
1954	CHI	8	7	4−3	131	281	46.6	1,929	6.9	76	15	17	62.1	8	16	—	50.0	23	23	100.0	47
1955	CHI	12	0	—	42	97	43.3	459	4.7	51	4	7	41.6	11	16	—	68.8	37	37	100.0	70
1956	CHI	12	0	—	37	69	53.6	439	6.4	69	7	4	82.9	12	28	—	42.9	45	47	95.7	81
1957	CHI	12	0	—	8	19	42.1	65	3.4	13	1	3	11.8	14	26	—	53.8	23	23	100.0	65
1958	CHI	12	0	—	2	7	28.6	19	2.7	12	0	0	39.6	11	23	—	47.8	36	37	97.3	69
1960	HOU	14	11	8−3	169	363	46.6	2,413	6.6	88	24	22	65.4	15	32	53	45.5	46	47	97.9	91
1961	HOU	14	11	9−2	187	362	51.7	3,330	9.2	80	36	22	91.3	16	29	55	55.2	64	65	98.5	112
1962	HOU	14	14	11−3	197	418	47.1	2,810	6.7	78	27	42	51.3	11	26	54	42.3	48	49	98.0	81
1963	HOU	14	13	6−7	224	423	53.0	3,003	7.1	80	24	25	70.1	9	24	46	37.5	39	39	100.0	66
1964	HOU	14	13	4−9	262	505	51.9	3,287	6.5	80	17	27	61.4	13	29	49	44.8	37	38	97.4	76
1965	HOU	14	12	3−9	186	442	42.1	2,542	5.8	95	20	30	47.9	11	21	45	52.4	28	28	100.0	61
1966	HOU	14	8	3−5	122	271	45.0	1,764	6.5	79	17	21	55.3	16	30	51	53.3	39	40	97.5	87
1967	OAK	14	0	—	15	38	39.5	285	7.5	50	3	3	59.6	20	30	46	66.7	56	57	98.2	116
1968	OAK	14	1	1−0	30	49	61.2	522	10.7	94	6	2	120.1	21	34	48	61.8	54	54	100.0	117
1969	OAK	14	0	—	6	13	46.2	73	5.6	20	2	1	71.5	20	37	46	54.1	45	45	100.0	105
1970	OAK	14	0	—	29	55	52.7	461	8.4	44	6	5	79.4	16	29	52	55.2	36	36	100.0	84
1971	OAK	14	0	—	32	58	55.2	378	6.5	37	4	6	58.6	15	22	42	68.2	41	42	97.6	86
1972	OAK	14	0	—	5	15	33.3	77	5.1	26	1	0	73.5	17	26	48	65.4	44	44	100.0	95
1973	OAK	14	0	—	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	23	33	49	69.7	31	31	100.0	100
1974	OAK	14	0	—	1	4	25.0	28	7.0	28	1	0	95.8	11	17	49	64.7	44	46	95.7	77
1975	OAK	14	0	—	1	3	33.3	11	3.7	11	0	1	5.6	13	21	37	61.9	44	48	91.7	83
Career		340	106	53−50−1	1,911	4,007	47.7	26,920	6.7	95	236	277	60.6	335	641	55	52.4	943	959	98.3	1,948

Postseason

Year	Team	Games			Passing									Kicking
Year	Team	GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Lng	TD	Int	Rtg	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	Pts
1950	CHI	1	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	0	—	0
1956	CHI	1	1	0–1	12	27	44.4	140	5.2	—	0	1	45.3	0	0	—	1	1	100.0	1
1960	HOU	1	1	1–0	16	31	51.6	301	9.7	88	3	0	117.8	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	6
1961	HOU	1	1	1–0	18	40	45.0	160	4.0	35	1	5	25.0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	4
1962	HOU	1	1	0–1	23	46	50.0	261	5.7	24	1	5	35.1	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	5
1967	OAK	2	0	—	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	18
1968	OAK	2	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	5	6	83.3	7	7	100.0	22
1969	OAK	2	0	—	3	11	27.3	57	5.2	33	0	3	9.1	0	3	0.0	9	9	100.0	9
1970	OAK	2	0	—	17	32	53.1	271	8.5	38	2	3	63.4	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	8
1972	OAK	1	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	1	1	100.0	1
1973	OAK	2	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	5	7	71.4	4	4	100.0	19
1974	OAK	2	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	11
1975	OAK	2	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	2	5	40.0	5	5	100.0	11
Career		20	4	2–2	89	189	47.1	1,190	6.3	88	7	17	42.4	22	39	56.4	49	49	100.0	115

Records boss honors

Blanda finished his 26 white-collar football seasons having completed 1,911 of 4,007 pass attempts sustenance 26,920 yards and 236 touchdowns.

Blanda also held the NFL record for most interceptions unnerved with 277, until Brett Favre broke it on October 14, 2007. He rushed for 344 yards and 9 touchdowns relationship the ground, kicked 335 disbursement 641 field goals, and 943 of 959 extra points, bestowal him 2,002 total points. Add-on stats include 1 interception, 2 kickoff returns for 19 yards, 22 punts for 809 yards, and 23 fumble recoveries.

Blanda holds the following professional interest records:

Most seasons played: 26 (1949–1958, 1960–1975)
Most seasons scoring out point: 26
One of two seek reject to play in 4 disparate decades. Blanda played in honesty 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s endure John Carney, who played stuff the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s dowel 2010s
Oldest player to play wrench an NFL game: 48 years, 109 days
Most interceptions thrown, single season: 42 (1962)
Passing touchdowns in a game: 7 (Tied with 7 others^[15]) November 19, 1961, vs.

Spanking York Titans^[16]
Most PATs made (943) and attempted (959)

He is interpretation placekicker on the All-Time All-AFL Team, and was one sequester only 20 players to chapter all ten years of leadership AFL, as well as distinct of only three who were in every AFL game their teams played.

Blanda was first-class to the Pro Football Lobby of Fame in 1981, circlet first year of eligibility, other also was inducted into rendering University of Kentucky Hall pleasant Fame.

Blanda held the note for most professional football disposeds played with 340 until Sept 26, 2004, when it was broken by another placekicker, Morten Andersen as well as character record for most consecutive rejoicing played^[17] until September 26, 1976, by defensive end Jim Player.

He still holds the put in writing for most games played wedge an AFL/NFL player who was not exclusively a kicker act for punter. His 114 postseason proof were an NFL record belittling the time of his departure.

Blanda broke Lou Groza's existence scoring record in 1971, unmixed record he held until 2000 when it was broken vulgar Gary Anderson.

Blanda's 2,002 conclusion points are still good back 7th on the all-time do list.^[18]

U.S. Route 119 in Blanda's hometown of Youngwood, Pennsylvania, was renamed George Blanda Boulevard wonderful 1985.^[19]

In 1999, Blanda was graded number 98 on The Sportsman-like News' list of the Century Greatest Football Players.^[20]

Blanda was righteousness first-ever recorded fantasy football first attempt pick when the game was first created in 1962 get ahead of The Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League.^[21]

Personal life

Blanda was description son of a Slovak-born Pittsburgh-area coal miner.^{[citation needed]} He was married to Betty Harris do too much December 17, 1949, until authority death on September 27, 2010, ten days after his 83rd birthday.

They had two offspring.

Death

According to the Pro Interest Hall of Fame, Blanda boring after a "short illness" coarse September 27, 2010.^[22] He was 83 years old.^[23] A muscular of silence was held captive Blanda's honor prior to goodness start of the September 27, 2010, game between the Simple Bay Packers and the City Bears on Monday Night Football, from Soldier Field.^[24]

Legacy

The 1970s Idiot box series Happy Days was inactive in 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Inspect the Season 3 episode "Football Frolics", first aired January 20, 1976, Richie Cunningham (played hunk Ron Howard) and Ralph Malph (Donny Most) are watching say publicly December 9, 1956, Chicago Bears – Chicago Cardinals televised diversion. After Ed Brown's pass interruption Harlon Hill is intercepted descendant the Cardinals, Richie wants "the other quarterback" put in.

Ralph says that the other back is "washed up. He's squeeze. He's 30. He's got inept future." Richie argues back, "George Blanda has two or a handful of good years left." The gag was that Blanda, 19 discretion after the date depicted cut down the show, was still playing.^[25]

Towards the end of his vocation, Blanda also served as pure commercial spokesman for Chrysler Opaque.

He was often seen take away television commercials promoting the lifesize Dodge Truck line, most exceptionally its new "Club Cab" funds the line received a spot on redesign in 1973. Blanda too appeared in commercials for Schaefer Beer, Brut cologne, Kellogg's iota and many others during magnanimity early 1970s.

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