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Blanda 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. Blanda retired from pro football in August 1976 as the sport's oldest player at the age of 48, a mark that still stands.
He was signed by the AFL Oakland Raiders (part of the NFL from 1970) in 1967 and retired in 1976, when he was nearly 50 years old. Blanda was never one of the league’s greatest players, but he became legendary as an aging placekicker and backup quarterback who won numerous games in the final seconds.
Apr 11, 2021 · Blanda played 26 years in the NFL and finally retired when he was 48. The Raiders finally gave up trying to count in 1975 and just officially listed George Blanda’s age as “Old As Hell.” pic.twitter.com/xgX8riN4NU. — Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) June 17, 2019.
Dec 20, 2013 · Thirty-eight years ago, George Blanda was making plans to retire form the NFL for good. He figured that, at age 48, he'd had enough.
Blanda did not become a fulltime starter until his fifth season with the Bears and in 1954 he was shelved by an injury. In 1959, he balked at becoming a kicker-only and retired. But the emergence of the American Football League in 1960 gave Blanda another chance to play.
George Frederick Blanda. Position: QB-K Throws: Right. 6-2 , 215lb (188cm, 97kg) Born: September 17. , 1927. in Youngwood, PA. Died: September 27 , 2010 in Alameda, CA. College: : 97 (178th overall since 1960)
Sep 28, 2010 · He retired following the 1975 season and just shy of his 49th birthday after 26 seasons with the Chicago Bears, Baltimore Colts, Houston Oilers, and Oakland Raiders. A prolific passer, Blanda threw for nearly 27,000 yards and 236 TDs. He is also the first player ever to score 2,000 career points.
Aug 6, 2023 · The Raiders lost the game, but Blanda was the oldest quarterback to play in an NFL championship game. George Blanda retired one month before his 49th birthday after 26 years as a professional football player. Retirement and Hall of Fame Induction: 1981.
Named to AFL-NFL 25-year All-Star Team... Chosen for the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The Hall of Fame bio for former Raiders QB/K, George Blanda, inducted in 1981.
Dec 3, 2010 · Blanda retired after the 1975 season, at 48 the oldest man to play in a National Football League game, and at the time the only one to have played in four separate decades.
