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at the University of Alabama. He was recruited by

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, an assistant at Alabama at the time. He was also a kicker and won two games by kicking field goals for the

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Tide during the 1937 season that put them in the

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. Sanford left the NFL after one season to join the United States Navy and served as an officer during World War II. He was the head football coach at

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from 1951 to 1960.

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