Monday, August 26, 2013

 Longest Flag Football Marathon: Play Flag Football breaks Guinness world record (VIDEO)

SANTA CLARA, CA, USA -- Play Flag Football successfully broke the Guinness World Records' record for the longest flag football game; the game lasted a total of 52 hours, 3 minutes, and 56 seconds and the 49ers defeated the Raiders by a score of 2,996 to 2,835, setting the new world record for the Longest Flag Football Marathon / Longest marathon playing flag football, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/ .

  Photo: Play Flag Football successfully set the new World Record title for the longest flag football game ever played. Photo: Play Flag Football ( enlarge photo )

The previous Guinness World Records' record for the Longest Flag Football Marathon was 24 hours and had been set in 2011 by the Mercy Project in College Station, Texas.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most people keeping a football in the air is 1,377 and was achieved by the People's Government of Linzi District of Zibo Municipality (China) at Linzi People's Square, Zibo City, Shandong Province, China.

  Players ranged in age from just 16 years old to over 50 years old. There were three father and son combinations as well as three sets of brothers competing in the game.

  Players traveled from Texas, Florida, and all over California to take part.

  The event raised over $25,000 for Play Flag Football, a Santa Clara County based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

  Play Flag Football is the largest youth flag football organization in California, and serves nearly 10,000 families annually.

  Proceeds will be used to subsidize their new girls flag football program, provide scholarships for the financially disadvantaged, and start leagues in new locations.