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George Blanda

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Football Player

The Resume

    (September 17, 1927-September 27, 2010)
    Born in Youngwood, Pennsylvania
    Drafted 119th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1949 NFL Draft
    Quarterback/kicker for the Chicago Bears (1949, 1950-1958), Baltimore Colts (merged from the AAFC) (1950), Houston Oilers (1960-1966) and the Oakland Raiders (1967-1975)
    Nicknamed 'The Fossil'
    Two time AFL champion (1960-1961)
    AFL MVP (1961)
    Bert Bell Award winner (1970)
    Four Pro Bowl selections (1961-1963, 1967)
    Seven All-Pro selections (1961-1963, 1967, 1970, 1973)
    Oldest player to play an NFL game (48 years, 109 days of age)
    Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1981)

Why he might be annoying:

    He said that George Halas was 'too cheap' to purchase a kicking shoe for him.
    He spent the 1959-60 season out of football.
    He played for the team that lost in the second Super Bowl, the Raiders.
    His pro football career ended with a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-10 at the AFC Championship Game (January 4, 1976).
    He held an NFL record for the most thrown interceptions (277) until Bret Favre overtook it (October 2007).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He played pro football in four separate decades.
    He was a heroic player.
    He was the Oilers' first starting quarterback.
    He was named into the AFL's All-Time Team (1970).
    He was first player to reach 2,000 scored points as he set a career record with 2,002 scored points until kicker Gary Anderson broke it with 2,434 scored points.
    He once held a record in most games played in a career (340) until kicker Gary Anderson also broke it with 353.
    The Sporting News listed him at number 98 in the list of the 100 Greatest Football Players (1999).

Credit: Neo NX2004


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 29.41% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 23.81% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 247 Votes: 50.20% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 51.22% Annoying