Leo Sanford
American football player (1929–2024)
| No. 73, 51, 55 | |
 Sanford on a 1953 Bowman football card | |
| Date of birth | (1929-10-04)October 4, 1929 |
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| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Date of death | March 22, 2024(2024-03-22) (aged 94) |
| Career information | |
| 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 | |
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| Pro Bowls | 2 |
| Honors | |
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).[1] He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Sanford died on March 22, 2024, at the age of 94.[2][3] He was part of the 1958 Baltimore Colts team that won the world championship in the first ever sudden-death overtime game in the history of professional football.
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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
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