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	May 23, 1938(1938-05-23) (aged 67) New York, New York
Playing career
1891	Yale
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1899–1901 1904 1913–1923	Columbia Virginia 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.^[1]

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Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
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 Scarlet Knights (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

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References

^ "G. F. Sanford Dead; Football Leader. Former Coach at Columbia and Rutgers Was Gridiron Star at Yale for Four Years. A Team-Mate Of Hinkey. Also Played Center on Eleven With Heffelfinger. Earned His 'Y' as a Sprinter Joins Rutgers in 1913. Head of Insurance Firm". New York Times. May 24, 1938. Retrieved October 9, 2010.

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External links

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

Columbia Lions head football coaches

No coach (1870–1898)
George Sanford (1899–1901)
Bill Morley (1902–1905)
No team (1906–1914)
T. Nelson Metcalf (1915–1917)
Fred Dawson (1918–1919)
Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1920–1922)
Percy Haughton (1923–1924)
Paul Withington (1924)
Charles Crowley (1925–1929)
Lou Little (1930–1956)
Aldo Donelli (1957–1967)
Frank Navarro (1968–1973)
William Campbell (1974–1979)
Bob Naso (1980–1984)
Jim Garrett (1985)
Larry McElreavy (1986–1988)
Ray Tellier (1989–2002)
Bob Shoop (2003–2005)
Norries Wilson (2006–2011)
Pete Mangurian (2012– )

Virginia Cavaliers head football coaches

No coach (1888–1892)
Johnny Poe (1893–1894)
Harry Arista Mackey (1895)
Martin V. Bergen (1896–1897)
Joseph Massie (1898)
Archie Hoxton (1899–1900)
Wesley Abbott (1901)
John de Saulles (1902)
Gresham Poe (1903)
George Sanford (1904)
William C. "King" Cole (1905–1906)
Hammond Johnson (1907)
Merritt Cooke Jr. (1908)
John Neff (1909)
Charles B. Crawford (1910)
Kemper Yancey (1911)
John S. Elliott (1912)
W. Rice Warren (1913)
Joseph M. Wood (1914)
Harry Varner (1915)
Peyton Evans (1916)
Harris Coleman (1919)
W. Rice Warren (1920–1921)
Thomas J. Campbell (1922)
Greasy Neale (1923–1928)
Earl Abell (1929–1930)
Fred Dawson (1931–1933)
Gus Tebell (1934–1936)
Frank Murray (1937–1945)
Arthur Guepe (1946–1952)
Ned McDonald (1953–1955)
Ben Martin (1956–1957)
Dick Voris (1958–1960)
Bill Elias (1961–1964)
George Blackburn (1965–1970)
Don Lawrence (1971–1973)
Sonny Randle (1974–1975)
Dick Bestwick (1976–1981)
George Welsh (1982–2000)
Al Groh (2001–2009)
Mike London (2010– )

Rutgers Scarlet Knights head football coaches

No coach (1869–1870)
No team (1871)
No coach (1872–1890)
William A. Reynolds (1891)
No coach (1892–1894)
H. W. Ambruster (1895)
John C. B. Pendleton (1896–1897)
William V. B. Van Dyck (1898–1899)
Michael F. Daly (1900)
Arthur P. Robinson (1901)
Henry Van Hoevenberg (1902)
Oliver D. Mann (1903)
Alfred Ellet Hitchner (1904)
Oliver D. Mann (1905)
Frank Gorton (1906–1907)
Joseph T. Smith (1908)
Herman Pritchard (1909)
Howard Gargan (1910–1912)
George Sanford (1913–1923)
John Wallace (1924–1926)
Harry Rockafeller (1927–1930)
J. Wilder Tasker (1931–1937)
Harvey Harman (1938–1941)
Harry Rockafeller (1942–1945)
Harvey Harman (1946–1955)
John Stiegman (1956–1959)
John F. Bateman (1960–1972)
Frank R. Burns (1973–1983)
Dick Anderson (1984–1989)
Doug Graber (1990–1995)
Terry Shea (1996–2000)
Greg Schiano (2001–2011)
Kyle Flood (2012– )

Persondata
Name	Sanford, George
Alternative names	Sanford, George Foster
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	June 4, 1870
Place of birth	Ashland, New York
Date of death	May 23, 1938
Place of death	New York, New York

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