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
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...
of the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(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 ...
in
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.
References
External links
Just Sports StatsNebraska Cornhuskers profileFanbase profileMonds family
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Living people
1952 births
Players of American football from Florida
American football defensive backs
Canadian football defensive backs
African-American players of American football
African-American players of Canadian football
Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
San Francisco 49ers players
People from Fort Pierce, Florida
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople