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| rdfs:comment | - George Frederick Blanda ("The Grand Old Man") (September 17, 1927 – September 27, 2010) was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker. The son of a Slovak-born Pittsburgh-area coal miner, Blanda has the distinction of having 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 1976. He was one of only three players to play in four different decades, and he holds the record for most extra points kicked. He was married to Betty Harris from December 17, 1949 until his death on September 27, 2010. He had two children.
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| Caption | - George Blanda was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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| Highlights | - * Pro Football Hall of Fame
* 4× AFL All-Star game selection, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967)
* 5× All-AFL selection
* 2× All-Pro selection
* 1963 UPI, AP, TSN AFL MVP
* 1970 Bert Bell Award
* AFL All-Time Team
* 2× AFL leader in passing yards
* Led AFL in passing TDs
* 3x American Football League Champion, 1960, 1961, 1967
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| Teams | - * NFL Chicago Bears
* NFL Baltimore Colts
* NFL Chicago Bears
* AFL Houston Oilers
* AFL Oakland Raiders
* NFL Oakland Raiders
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| abstract | - George Frederick Blanda ("The Grand Old Man") (September 17, 1927 – September 27, 2010) was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker. The son of a Slovak-born Pittsburgh-area coal miner, Blanda has the distinction of having 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 1976. He was one of only three players to play in four different decades, and he holds the record for most extra points kicked. He was married to Betty Harris from December 17, 1949 until his death on September 27, 2010. He had two children.
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