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American football player (1929–2024)

Leo Sanford
Career information
No. 73, 51, 55
Sanford on a 1953 Bowman football card
Date of birth	(1929-10-04)October 4, 1929
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Date of death	March 22, 2024(2024-03-22) (aged 94)
Position(s)	Linebacker
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	224 lb (102 kg)
US college	Louisiana Tech
High school	Fair Park (Shreveport, Louisiana)
NFL draft	1951 / round: 8 / pick: 90
Career history
As player
1951–1957	Chicago Cardinals
1958	Baltimore Colts

Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1958)
Pro Bowls	2
Honors	Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1985) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1991)

Leo Sanford (October 4, 1929 – March 22, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the Chicago Cardinals and Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Sanford died on March 22, 2024, at the age of 94. He was part of the 1958 Baltimore Colts team that won the world championship in the first sudden-death overtime game in the history of professional football.

References

v t e Chicago Cardinals 1951 NFL draft selections
Jerry Groom Don Joyce Don Stonesifer Dick Doyne Lynn Lynch Ed Jasonek Dick Punches Leo Sanford Neil Schmidt Ken Cooper Tom Bienemann Jack Landry Volney Peters Bill Leskovar John Simcic Gene Miller Henry May Russ Pomeroy Gene Ackerman Fred Wallner Dick Bunting S. J. Whitman Jim Owens Billy Cross Vernon Quick Jeff Fleischmann Ken Huxhold Dick Martin Bob Livingstone Leon Root

v t e Baltimore Colts 1958 NFL champions
14 George Shaw 17 Ray Brown 18 Dick Horn 19 Johnny Unitas 20 Milt Davis 21 Art DeCarlo 23 Carl Taseff 24 Lenny Moore 25 Jack Call 26 Lenny Lyles 31 Billy Pricer 35 Alan Ameche 36 Bill Pellington 41 Jackie Simpson 41 Avatus Stone 44 Bert Rechichar 45 L. G. Dupree 47 Johnny Sample 50 Buzz Nutter 52 Dick Szymanski 55 Leo Sanford 60 George Preas 63 Art Spinney 64 Fuzzy Thurston 65 Steve Myhra 66 Don Shinnick 68 Alex Sandusky 70 Art Donovan 76 Gene Lipscomb 77 Jim Parker 78 Ray Krouse 79 Sherman Plunkett 80 Andy Nelson 81 Ordell Braase 82 Raymond Berry 83 Don Joyce 84 Jim Mutscheller 89 Gino Marchetti Head coach: Weeb Ewbank Assistant coaches: Herman Ball John Bridgers Bob Shaw Charley Winner

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