Wonderful Terrific Monds Jr. (born May 3, 1952) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive back who played one season with the

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of the

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(NFL). His unusual name was originally given to his father when, after his grandparents had several girls, a son was finally born and his father thought it was "wonderful, just terrific." Monds attended

Fort Pierce Central High School Fort Pierce Central High School is a public high school located in Fort Pierce, Florida, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. It is part of the St. Lucie Public Schools district. History Fort Pierce Central High School opened its doors in 1970 a ...

Fort Pierce, Florida Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Treasure Coast region of Atlantic Coast Florida. It is also known as the Sunrise City, sister to San Francisco, California, the Suns ...

and played college football at the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Univers ...

. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of the 1976 NFL Draft. He was also a member of the Ottawa Rough Riders team that won the

64th Grey Cup The 64th Grey Cup was played on November 28, 1976, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 23–20 in what is considered one of the most thrilling Grey Cup games, featuring some of the most ...

. Monds is the father of former NFL defensive tackle

Mario Monds Mario Ardell Monds (born November 10, 1976) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins. He played college football at the University of Cincinnati and was ...

. Another son, Wonderful Terrific Monds III, was a Minor League Baseball player.

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