RIP George Blanda-One of the greats!

[Zemo]

Blanda played 26 seasons and unit he was 48 in the NFL. Died today at 83.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Blanda

[saildog]

I remember George as a player. He was sort of the Brett Favre of his day and we all thought it was cool that a Dude who was about the same age as our Granddads was still playing and scoring points. I didn't realize he played for Bear Bryant when he was at Kentucky.

This is funny!

In an episode of the TV series Happy Days, set in the 1950s, Richie Cunningham (played by Ron Howard) and Ralph Malph (Donny Most) watch a televised game in which Blanda and the Bears struggle. Ralph says that Blanda is finished in football. Richie says that Blanda has a few more years left. The joke was that Blanda, 20 years later at the time of the show's filming, was still playing.

(from the Wikipedia article)

RIP, George. Definitely a player I remember well and a big part of what I loved about the NFL when I was a kid.

[MegoMark71]

Rest in peace Mr. Blanda

[toys2cool]

one of the greats , RIP

[Hector]

One of the true Raider greats is gone...