Mut 15 george blanda biography

The image of the grizzled veteran is perhaps the most endearing icon in the universe of professional sports. In the world of football, no one was more grizzled—or, for that matter, more veteran—than George Blanda.

He threw his first pass as a collegian a few weeks after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Mut 15 george blanda biography

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He kicked his final field goal 30 years later, during the Disco Era.

No one played longer than George, and few played better. Twenty-six pro campaigns. Eleven championship games. A pair of MVPs.

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More than two dozen records as a kicker and quarterback. The list of his accomplishments is so long that, one season, Topps had to print two Blanda cards just to commit all those numbers to cardboard. Over the years, some of the greatest minds in football wrote George off, and some of the best minds also rescued him from the scrap heap.

What they all agreed on was that, when it came to performing under pressure, few athletes ever were mor clut