Super Bowl Flashback: Who is the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl?

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Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

One of the finest emotions for an NFL player is hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy when their team wins the Super Bowl. Few athletes who have graced the football field have come close to capturing the trophy, and even fewer have succeeded in doing so.

Tom Brady is the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl. When his Tampa Bay Buccaneers team beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII, the then 43-year-old and may have effectively eliminated any chance of it being broken again.

Moreover, Brady and the Buccaneers secured another NFL record that day by becoming the first team to win the big game in their own stadium. Tom Brady won the Super Bowl while being his typical self.

He passed for 201 yards and three touchdowns on more than 70% of his attempts for the blowout win. Brady served as a point guard and decimate a Chiefs squad that was in disarray, thanks to the Buccaneers' solid defensive performance and effective running attack.

The six oldest players to start and capture a Super Bowl, excluding kickers and punters, are all quarterbacks:

1. Tom Brady, 43, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2021 (Super Bowl 55)

2. Tom Brady, 41, New England Patriots, 2019 (Super Bowl 53)

3. Peyton Manning, 39, Denver Broncos, 2016 (Super Bowl 50)

4. Tom Brady, 39, New England Patriots, 2017 (Super Bowl 51)

5. Earl Morrall, 38, Miami Dolphins, 1973 (Super Bowl 7)

6. John Elway, 38, Denver Broncos, 1999 (Super Bowl 33)

7. Johnny Unitas, 37, Indianapolis Colts, 1971 (Super Bowl 5)

After capturing his seventh victory in Super Bowl 55, Tom Brady also holds more Super Bowl titles than any other player in NFL history.

After the Patriots' 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in 2019, they moved level with the Steelers for the most titles by one organization, Brady already had a league-leading six championship triumphs. However, Brady's seventh championship was his first outside of the Patriots.


Who is the youngest player to win the Super Bowl?

When the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in 2006, Ben Roethlisberger became the Super Bowl's youngest winning quarterback. Roethlisberger, who was only 23 years, 11 months, and three days old in the victory, became the first signal-caller of that age to raise the Lombardi Trophy.

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Edited by Bhargav