Benjamin Franklin as a football player
A scouting report from Legends Draft, the parody game where famous people play football. The ratings are made up for fun.

Photo: Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Public domain
Natural position
K Kicker
Grade
83OVRFlew a kite in a thunderstorm. Kicking into the wind is nothing.
Ratings
Made up for the game, 40 to 99.
- Arm
- 72
- Speed
- 42
- Power
- 46
- Smarts
- 97
- Clutch
- 86
Best positions
Anyone can line up anywhere. Each position weighs the five ratings its own way, and off the natural position a legend loses a few points.
- KKicker, natural83
- QBQuarterback76
- SSafety67
- CBCornerback61
Scouting report
- Pros
- 97 IQ. Flew a kite in a thunderstorm, so kicking into the wind is nothing. Invented bifocals, so he can see the uprights from 55.
- Cons
- 42 speed. A bad snap is a turnover.
- Pro comp
- Brandon Aubrey
Benjamin Franklin in real life
Real life
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
- Lived
- 1706 to 1790
- From
- British America, United States
- Known as
- politician, diplomat, polymath, writer
- Sport
- chess
- Honors
- Copley Medal, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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