George Sanford (American football)

George Sanford

Sanford from The 1922 Scarlet Letter
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1870-06-04)June 4, 1870 Ashland, New York
Died	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 Data Warehouse
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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
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

External links

• George Sanford at the College Football Hall of Fame
• George Sanford at the College Football Data Warehouse