George Foster "Sandy" Sanford (June 4, 1870 – May 23, 1938) was an
American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at
Columbia University (1899–1901), the
University of Virginia (1904),
Yale University (c.1910) where his title was adviser and he took no pay, and
Rutgers University (1913–1923), compiling a career
college football
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Unlike most ...
record of 84–46–6. Sanford was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame
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as a coach in 1971.
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Biography
Sanford was born on June 4, 1870. He played college football at Yale University. After retiring from coaching, Sanford was president of the insurance brokerage firm of Smyth, Sanford & Gerard, Inc. in Manhattan, New York City
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He died of a heart attack on May 23, 1938 at the age of 67 at Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan.
Head coaching record
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1870 births
1938 deaths
19th-century players of American football
American football centers
Businesspeople in insurance
Columbia Lions football coaches