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Friday Happy Hour Photo: That moment three weeks after you turn 48 …

05.19.2017 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

… when it hits you like a Deacon Jones head slap that you're the same age as George Blanda was when he retired from the Oakland Raiders as the oldest man ever to play pro football.

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When I walked onto the Cleveland Browns training camp to try out and they asked me how old I was, I was always going to say, "Younger than George Blanda." What will I say now?

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