Any equivalent to Roger Clemens in other sports?

Question

I mean to be that good at 44!

Answer 1

George Blanda
Oldest person to play in an NFL game: 48 years, 110 days
First player ever to score over 2,000 points
Oldest quarterback to start a title game

Blanda was signed by the Chicago Bears for $600 in 1949, an amount owner George Halas demanded back when he made the team. While primarily used as a quarterback and placekicker, Blanda also saw time on the defensive side of the ball at linebacker. It would not be until 1953 that Blanda would emerge as the Bears' top signal caller, but an injury the following year effectively ended his first-string status. For the next four years, he was used mostly in a kicking capacity. Later commenting on his testy relationship with Halas, Blanda noted, "he was too cheap to even buy me a kicking shoe."

In the AFC title game against the Baltimore Colts, Blanda again relieved an injured Lamonica and had a superb performance, completing 17 of 32 passes for 217 yards and 2 touchdowns while also kicking a 48-yard field goal and two extra points, keeping the Raiders in the game until the final quarter, when he was intercepted twice. Aged 43, he became the oldest quarterback ever to play in a championship game

Blanda's eye-opening achievements resulted in his winning the Bert Bell Award. Chiefs' owner Lamar Hunt quipped, "Why, this George Blanda is as good as his father, who used to play for Houston." Although he never again played a major role at quarterback, Blanda would serve as the Raiders' kicker for five more seasons.

He played in his last game on January 4, 1976, the 1975 AFC Championship, where he kicked a 41-yard field goal and made one extra point as the Raiders lost to the Steelers 16-10 in Pittsburgh, just a county away from his hometown of Youngwood. He was released by the Raiders on August 25, 1976, one month shy of his 49th birthday.

Answer 2

On pure age alone, you have the great George Blanda- maybe before your time- who was playing starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders in the early 1970's in his mid-1960's- a harder task and he played the whole season, not skipped the first third. Chris Chelios is in his mid-40's, and the Red Wings just signed him for another year. I will not mention Jack Nicklaus winning the 1986 Masters because golf is different, even though he is obviously older than Clemens.

Answer 3

i might could say Roger Clemens. For some reason, human beings( and that i mean the activities media) pass ballistic over allegations of steroid use in baseball. dishonest in soccer does not seem to annoy anybody. ( Rodney Harrison and Shawn Merriman the two have been given nailed doing steroids and it has no longer been a black mark against them.) bill Bellichek is basically getting a similar loose bypass that the League gets commonly.

Answer 4

Chris Chelios of the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League turns 46 next year, and will be playing in his 24th season in 2007-08.

Answer 5

What idiot said Tim Duncan? Duncan might be in 15 -20 yrs.
Basketball stars that stand out are Shaq, and Jordan. They played long past their prime, but are/were effective players even as they aged.

Answer 6

Chris Chelios in hockey. He's 45 playing a more brutal sport, plus he plays almost every game and makes way less money.

Answer 7

Satchel Paige started his MLB career at age 47. He pitched a game at age 59.

Answer 8

Well, he may not be 44 but Tim Duncan of the Spurs is an equivalent. Year after year, he is consistant and is always dominant. What can you say, he is about to win his 4th NBA Title and I am not even a Spurs fan.

Answer 9

Big George Foreman!
Great boxer well into his forties.

Answer 10

well if you meen playing so long u got jerry rice in nfl and if u meen arm strength u got brett farve