Lonnie Sanders

{{Short description|American football player (born 1941)}}

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{{BLP sources|date=October 2014}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|11|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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| number = 40, 42

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| position1 = Cornerback

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| college = Michigan State

| AFLDraftedYear = 1963

| AFLDraftedRound = 10

| AFLDraftedPick = 77
(By the Denver Broncos)

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| NFLDraftedYear = 1963

| NFLDraftedRound = 2

| NFLDraftedPick = 22

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| playing_years1 = 1963–1967

| playing_team1 = Washington Redskins

| playing_years2 = 1968–1969

| playing_team2 = St. Louis Cardinals

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| NFL = SAN406433

| DatabaseFootball = SANDELON01

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Lonnie J. Sanders Jr. (born November 6, 1941) is an American former professional football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at Michigan State University and was selected 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.

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Category:1941 births

Category:Living people

Category:Players of American football from Detroit

Category:American football cornerbacks

Category:Michigan State Spartans football players

Category:Washington Redskins players

Category:St. Louis Cardinals (football) players

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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