Birth Date: | November 6, 1941 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Number: | 40, 42 |
Position1: | Cornerback |
College: | Michigan State |
Afldraftedyear: | 1963 |
Afldraftedround: | 10 |
Afldraftedpick: | 77 (By the Denver Broncos) |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1963 |
Nfldraftedround: | 2 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 22 |
Playing Years1: | 1963–1967 |
Playing Team1: | Washington Redskins |
Playing Years2: | 1968–1969 |
Playing Team2: | St. Louis Cardinals |
Nfl: | SAN406433 |
Databasefootball: | SANDELON01 |
Lonnie J. Sanders, Jr. (born November 6, 1941) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the second round of the 1962 NFL draft. Sanders was also selected in the tenth round of the 1963 AFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.
He currently resides with his wife and son in Northwest Washington, D.C.