Expert: Thom Brooks - 6/18/2007

Question
who was the oldest starting college football player in history and how old was he and what position did he start at?

Answer
Bobby, another answer is attached:



NBC Evening News for Thursday, Nov 04, 1976

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Headline: World's Oldest College Football Player
Abstract: (Studio) Report on world's oldest college football player.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Teaneck, New Jersey) Mal Dixon plays for small-time football team at Fairleigh-Dickinson. Dixon is 46 years old. [DIXON - describes incident when he told wife he'd made team 3 years ago.] Dixon is place kicker for team. [DIXON - describes experiences.]
REPORTER: Dick Schaap


Begin Time: 05:54:40 pm
End Time: 05:57:00 pm
TVN Record Number: 486465
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Bobby,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football


Go to this website and search through all of the links.  If I find the oldest person to start in College Football, I will contact you again.

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Thom Brooks




Good Morning!

I do not know the exact person, but Brad Johnson was the starting QB at Florida State.  Born in 1968 and drafted into the NFL in 1992, he was around 23-24 as a starting Quarterback.  Others in Division II, or Div-III have been 40 but they were not starters.  

If I can locate any information, I will contact you.

Have a great week!

Thom Brooks
Savannah, Georgia