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Spec Sanders

Orban Eugene Sanders

Position: TB-DB-HB Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: January 26, 1918 in Temple, OK

Died: July 6, 2003 in Lawton, OK

College: Texas

High School: Temple (OK)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

Rush

540

Yds

2900

Y/A

5.4

FantPt

681.3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing						Receiving							Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	140	709	6	5.1	54.5	10.8	17	259	15.2	3		1.3	19.9	157	6.2	968	9	0	AP-1
1947	29	NYY	AAFC	TB	14	12	231	1432	18	6.2	102.3	16.5	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	0.9	232	6.2	1445	18	0	AP-1
1948	30	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	169	759	9	4.5	58.4	13.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	169	4.5	759	9	0
1949	Did not play - injured (knee)
1950	32	NYY	NFL	S	12	12	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1	PB
4 Yrs					52	42	540	2900	33	5.4	55.8	10.4	18	272	15.1	3	13	0.3	5.2	558	5.7	3172	36	1
17 Game Avg					17	14	177	948	11	5.4	55.8	10.4	6	89	15.1	1	13	0.3	5.2	182	1.9	1037	12	0

NYY (3 Yrs)					40	30	540	2900	33	5.4	72.5	13.5	18	272	15.1	3	13	0.5	6.8	558	5.7	3172	36	0
NYY (1 Yr)					12	12	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1

AAFC (3 Yrs)					40	30	540	2900	33	5.4	72.5	13.5	18	272	15.1	3	13	0.5	6.8	558	5.7	3172	36	0
NFL (1 Yr)					12	12	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving					Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	TD	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	1	1	14	55	1	23	3.9	55.0	14.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	14	3.9	55	1	0
1947	29	NYY	AAFC	TB	1	1	12	40	0	23	3.3	40.0	12.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	12	3.3	40	0	0
2 Yrs					2	2	26	95	1	23	3.7	47.5	13.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	26	3.7	95	1	0
17 Game Avg					17	17	221	808	9	23	3.7	47.5	13.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	221	31.1	808	9	0

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Passing

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Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	33	79	41.8	411	4	5.1	9	11.4	47	5.2	1.09	12.5	31.6	35.9						0	0	AP-1
1947	29	NYY	AAFC	TB	14	12	93	171	54.4	1442	14	8.2	17	9.9	55	8.4	5.60	15.5	103.0	70.2	20	175	10.47	6.63	4.09	0	0	AP-1
1948	30	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	78	168	46.4	918	5	3.0	11	6.5	57	5.5	3.11	11.8	70.6	46.2	12	137	6.67	4.34	2.14	0	0
1949	Did not play - injured (knee)
1950	32	NYY	NFL	S	12	12	2	3	66.7	58	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	19.3	19.33	29.0	4.8	109.7						0	0	PB
4 Yrs					52	42	206	421	48.9	2829	23	5.5	37	8.8	57	6.7	3.86	13.7	54.4	52.4	32	312	8.63	5.56	3.15	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	14	67	138	48.9	925	8	5.5	12	8.8	57	6.7	3.86	13.7	54.4	52.4						0	0

NYY (3 Yrs)					40	30	204	418	48.8	2771	23	5.5	37	8.9	57	6.6	3.75	13.6	69.3	51.8	32	312	8.63	5.46	3.15	0	0
NYY (1 Yr)					12	12	2	3	66.7	58	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	19.3	19.33	29.0	4.8	109.7						0	0

AAFC (3 Yrs)					40	30	204	418	48.8	2771	23	5.5	37	8.9	57	6.6	3.75	13.6	69.3	51.8	32	312	8.63	5.46	3.15	0	0
NFL (1 Yr)					12	12	2	3	66.7	58	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	19.3	19.33	29.0	4.8	109.7						0	0

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	1	1	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
1947	29	NYY	AAFC	TB	1	1	7	17	41.2	89	1	5.9	20	5.2	2.59	12.7	89.0	33.7	2	23	10.53	3.47	1.11
2 Yrs					2	2	7	19	36.8	89	1	5.3	20	4.7	2.32	12.7	44.5	30.4	2	23	9.52	3.14	1.00
17 Game Avg					17	17	60	162	36.8	757	9	5.3		4.7	2.32	12.7	44.5	30.4	17	196	9.52	3.14	1.00

Adjusted Passing

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Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+	Awards
1946+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	79	76	67	77	90	51	74	AP1
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	171	121	105	118	114	70	106	AP1
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	168	76	81	92	80	103	83
1949		Missed season - injured (knee)
Career					52	42	421

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Punting

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Punting Table
							Punting
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	33	1208	36.6	0	2	AP-1
1947	29	NYY	AAFC	TB	14	12	46	1938	42.1	0	2	AP-1
1948	30	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	42	1707	40.6	0	0
1949	Did not play - injured (knee)
1950	32	NYY	NFL	S	12	12	71	3001	42.3	63	2	PB
4 Yrs					52	42	192	7854	40.9	63	6
17 Game Avg					17	14	63	2568	40.9	63	2

NYY (3 Yrs)					40	30	121	4853	40.1	0	4
NYY (1 Yr)					12	12	71	3001	42.3	63	2

AAFC (3 Yrs)					40	30	121	4853	40.1	0	4
NFL (1 Yr)					12	12	71	3001	42.3	63	2

Punting Table
							Punting
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	1	1	1	45	45.0	45	0
2 Yrs					2	2	1	45	45.0	45	0
17 Game Avg					17	17	9	383	45.0	45	0

Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	2	71	1	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
1947	29	NYY	AAFC	TB	14	12	3	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
1948	30	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
1949	Did not play - injured (knee)
1950	32	NYY	NFL	S	12	12	13	199	0	29	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4 Yrs					52	42	19	357	1	50	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
17 Game Avg					17	14	6	117	0	50	0	1	0	0	0.0	0

NYY (3 Yrs)					40	30	6	158	1	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
NYY (1 Yr)					12	12	13	199	0	29	1	2	0	0	0.0	0

AAFC (3 Yrs)					40	30	6	158	1	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
NFL (1 Yr)					12	12	13	199	0	29	1	2	0	0	0.0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1946+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	17	257	1	75	15.1	13	395	1	103	30.4	1691
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	6	164	0	0	27.3	22	593	1	92	27.0	2265
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	13	128	0	0	9.8	9	217	0	0	24.1	1128
1950*	32	NYY	S	81	12	12	6	93	0	29	15.5			0			292
Career					52	42	42	642	1	75	15.3	44	1205	2	103	27.4	5376
3 yrs		NYY			40	30	36	549	1	75	15.3	44	1205	2	103	27.4	5084
1 yr		NYY			12	12	6	93	0	29	15.5			0			292

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1946+	28	NYY	TB	1	1			0			2	52	0	35	26.0	107
1947+	29	NYY	TB	1	1			0			1	32	0	32	32.0	72
Career				2	2			0			3	84	0	35	28.0	179

Scoring Summary

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																PAT		FG
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PRTD	KRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	6	3	1	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	5.5	AP-1
1947	29	NYY	AAFC	TB	14	12	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	8.1	AP-1
1948	30	NYY	AAFC	TB	13	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	4.2
1949	Did not play - injured (knee)
4 Yrs					52	42	33	3	1	2	0	1	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	240	4.6
17 Game Avg					17	14	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	4.6

NYY (3 Yrs)					40	30	33	3	1	2	0	1	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	240	6.0
NYY (1 Yr)					12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

AAFC (3 Yrs)					40	30	33	3	1	2	0	1	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	240	6.0
NFL (1 Yr)					12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
																PAT		FG
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PRTD	KRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G	Awards
1946	28	NYY	AAFC	TB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6.0
2 Yrs					2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.0
17 Game Avg					17	17	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	3.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Spec Sanders born?

Spec Sanders was born on January 26, 1918.

Where was Spec Sanders born?

Spec Sanders was born in Temple, OK.

How tall was Spec Sanders?

Spec Sanders was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Spec Sanders weigh when playing?

Spec Sanders weighed 196 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

Is Spec Sanders in the Hall of Fame?

Spec Sanders has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Spec Sanders play?

Spec Sanders played 52 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Spec Sanders have?

Spec Sanders had 540 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Spec Sanders have?

Spec Sanders had 2,900 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Spec Sanders won?

Spec Sanders never won a Super Bowl.

When did Spec Sanders retire?

Spec Sanders last played in 1950.

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