Michael Sandor Sommer (October 9, 1934 – April 23, 2022)Dr. Michael S. Sommer Obituary
Published by The Washington Post on Apr. 28, 2022. was an American football player from

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Sommer attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, DC where he was an ALL High running back, leading the Tigers to the Interhigh championship in 1952 scoring 5 TDs against archrival Western. A week later, WW defeated Catholic league champion St Johns for the City title in Griffith Stadium, 24-6. Sommer ran for a 44 yard TD and threw 23 yards for another score. Sommer was also the Interhigh's Sprint champion in track that year. Sommer played three seasons as a back at George Washington. The team had a combined record of 15-12-1 during Mike's career and defeated UTEP in the 1957 Sun Bowl, 13-0. In 1955 and 1957, Sommer was named in All-Southern Conference first-team and was drafted as the 16th player in the

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by the hometown Washington Redskins. Sommer was an

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halfback in the

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, playing 3 years for the

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and 3 years for the

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. He also played 1 year in the

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for the

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. Sommer practiced emergency medicine in Lewes, DE with Beebe Medical Ctr. He received his medical degree from George Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. & Hlth. Sci., Washington DC.

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