George Sanford (American football)
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Sanford from The 1922 Scarlet Letter
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Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born | Ashland, New York |
June 4, 1870
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York, New York |
Playing career | |
1891–1892 | Yale |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1899–1901 | Columbia |
1904 | Virginia |
1913–1923 | Rutgers |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 84–46–6 |
Statistics | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile) |
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), and Rutgers University (1913–1923), compiling a career college football record of 84–46–6. Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971.
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 New York City. He died of a heart attack in 1938 at the age of 67.[1]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Columbia Lions (Independent) (1899–1901) | |||||||||
1899 | Columbia | 8–3 | |||||||
1900 | Columbia | 6–3–1 | |||||||
1901 | Columbia | 8–5 | |||||||
Columbia: | 22–11–1 | ||||||||
Virginia Cavaliers (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
1904 | Virginia | 6–3 | |||||||
Virginia: | 6–3 | ||||||||
Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
1913 | Rutgers | 6–3 | |||||||
1914 | Rutgers | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1915 | Rutgers | 7–1 | |||||||
1916 | Rutgers | 3–2–2 | |||||||
1917 | Rutgers | 7–1–1 | |||||||
1918 | Rutgers | 5–2 | |||||||
1919 | Rutgers | 5–3 | |||||||
1920 | Rutgers | 2–7 | |||||||
1921 | Rutgers | 4–5 | |||||||
1922 | Rutgers | 5–4 | |||||||
1923 | Rutgers | 7–1–1 | |||||||
Rutgers: | 56–32–5 | ||||||||
Total: | 84–46–6 |
References
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External links
- George Sanford at the College Football Hall of Fame
- George Sanford at the College Football Data Warehouse
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