R.I.P. George Blanda 1927-2010
George Blanda, who played skilled football in five different decades and was voted into the Hall of Fame in his 1st year of eligibility, passed away early Monday morning after a brief illness. He was 83.
Blanda’s NFL profession began when the Cleveland Browns have been nevertheless inside the All-America Football Conference, and ended the year prior to the 0-14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers joined the NFL. Blanda’s career stretched from 1949 through 1975 — he played in an unbelievable 340 games and started out 109 as a quarterback. Later in his profession, he grew to become referred to as the most effective clutch kicker in the game, when he won 5 straight games within the 1970 season for Oakland with landing passes and last-second subject goals.
Blanda made more history than most individuals know, he was the 1st player ever taken in a very fantasy football draft when the game was invented in 1962.
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