R.I.P. - QB/K - George Blanda

George Blanda, the Hall of Fame quarterback and kicker who played a record 26 seasons of professional football and once almost single-handedly won five consecutive games for the Oakland Raiders, has died. He was 83.



The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Blanda died Monday after a brief illness, and the Raiders issued a statement calling him "a brave Raider and a close personal friend of Raiders owner Al Davis."



Blanda, who career dated to an era when players routinely manned two positions, scored a then-record 2,002 points.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sns-blanda-obit,0,3598621.story