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VIDEO: 89-year-old football player scores long touchdown at Kansas alumni game

John Rieger / Reuters

Bryan Sperry, who played football at Kansas from 1946 to 1948 after serving in World War II, probably though his touchdown-scoring days were over.

But some phenomenal "blocking" saw the 89-year-old cross the goal line in the team's alumni game Saturday.

"I had a lot of fun after I convinced them that I could play," Sperry told reporters after the game.

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