george blanda was 48 when he retired from football.
george blanda was 48 when he retired from football.
how old was george blanda when he retired from football?
48
in 1970, blanda was released during the exhibition season, but bounced back to establish his 21st professional season. during that season, blanda, at age 43, had a remarkable five-game run. against the steelers, blanda threw for three touchdowns in relief of an injured daryle lamonica. one week later, his 48-yard field goal with three seconds remaining salvaged a 17–17 tie with the kansas city chiefs. on november 8, he again came off the bench to throw a touchdown pass to tie the cleveland browns with 1:34 remaining, then kicked a 53-yard field goal with 0:03 left for the 23–20 win. immediately after the winning field goal, raiders radio announcer bill king excitedly declared, "george blanda has just been elected king of the world!" in the team's next game, blanda replaced lamonica in the fourth quarter and connected with fred biletnikoff on a touchdown pass with 2:28 left in the game to defeat the denver broncos, 24–19. the following week, blanda's 16-yard field goal in the closing seconds defeated the san diego chargers, 20–17.
george blanda
bullet::::- most games 2+ interceptions, career: 94, brett favre, 1991–2010









































bullet::::- most games 3+ interceptions, career: 39, brett favre, 1992–2010









































bullet::::- most games 4+ interceptions, career: 18, george blanda, 1960–1966









































bullet::::- most games 5+ interceptions, career: 8, george blanda 1962–1966, joe namath 1966–1976









































bullet::::- most games 1+ interceptions, season: 15, richard todd, 1980









































bullet::::- most games 2+ interceptions, season: 12, frank tripucka, 1960









































bullet::::- most games 3+ interceptions, season: 8, george blanda, 1962; al dorow, 1961









































bullet::::- most games 4+ interceptions, season: 6, george blanda, 1962









































bullet::::- most games 5+ interceptions, season: 3, george blanda 1962
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