Did you know that George Frederick Blanda ("The Grand Old Man") was a a former American football quarterback and placekicker?
Did you know that Blanda died (September 17, 1927 – September 27, 2010)?
Did you know that Blanda has the distinction of having played 26 seasons of professional football, the most in the sport's history, and had scored more points than anyone in history at the time of his retirement?
Did you know that Blanda is one of only three players to play in four different decades, and he holds the record for most extra points kicked?
Did you know that in the 26 professional football seasons that Blanda participated in he completed 1,911 of 4,007 pass attempts for 26,920 yards and 236 touchdowns?
Did you know that Blanda also held the NFL record for most interceptions thrown with 277, until Brett Favre broke it on October 14, 2007?
Did you inow that Blanda also accomplished these feats?
- Passing TDs in a game: 7 (Tied with 4 others) November 19, 1961 vs. New York Titans[5]
- Most seasons played: 26 (1949–58, 1960–75)
- Most seasons scoring a point: 26
- One of three players to play in 4 different decades: (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s)
- 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
- Most total points accounted for (including TD passes) in a career: 3,418 (not an official stat)
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Did you know that Blanda was the first ever recorded fantasy football draft pick when the game was first created in 1962 by the The Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League?[8]
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