Think you got what it takes to make your old college football squad still? How about your high school squad? Pee Wee? Well imagine being 59 years old and deciding to go back and try out for the college football team. That’s exactly what Mike Flynt of Alpine, Texas did.
One day while swapping stories with some old football budies he brough his biggest regret in life, getting excused from the football team his senior year in college. Feeling that he still could play his only question was whether he’d still be eligible…which he was.
This month, Flynt returned to Division III, Sul Ross State this month, 37 years after he left but just six years before he would be come eligible for Medicare. If its not suprising enough that he returned to college at that age HE ACTUALLY MADE THE TEAM.
After his first stint in college, Flynt enjoyed life as a longtime strength and conditioning coach at Nebraska, Oregon and Texas A&M, and sells the Powerbase training system he invented. Although his position has yet to be determined he was a former linebacker.
Flynt is a suprising eight years older than his coach, has two kids older than any of his teammates, is a grandfather and card carrying AARP member. Although records aren’t kept he’s likely to become the oldest player in college football history.
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