Sonny Gandee

  • 2 × NFL Champion (1952, 1953)
  • Summit County Sports Hall of Fame (1966 )

Sherman Kenneth " Sonny " Gandee ( born February 27, 1929 in Akron, Ohio, USA, † July 21, 2013 in Grosse Ile, Michigan) was an American American football player in the National Football League ( NFL). He has played for the Detroit Lions.

Playing career

Sonny Gandee studied from 1948 to 1951 at Ohio State University for their football team, he played Ohio State Buckeyes, as a defensive end. In 1950, Gandee won with his team the Rose Bowl. After the 1951 season Gandee played in 1952 in the Senior Bowl. In this game, the best college football player of the north of the USA against the best players in the South competed.

1952 Gandee was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the ninth round at point 106 and then delivered immediately to the newly formed Dallas Texans. During the course of the season moved Gandee back to Detroit and played with Yale Lary and Jack Christiansen as a defensive end in the Defense of the team. In the same year he won with his team the NFL championship game against the Cleveland Browns with 17:7. The following year, the Lions were able to defend their title and won the NFL playoff again against the Browns with 17:16. In 1956, Gandee moved to the position of linebackers. After 53 games in the NFL after this season, he finished his career.

After the career

Immediately after his career operating Sonny Gandee a restaurant, after which he worked in the automotive industry. In 1966 he was inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame. After he retired, he lived until 2008 in Naples, Florida and then moved to Gibraltar. His first wife died in 2008., With whom he had a daughter and a son. Sonny Gandee, who had married again after the death of his first wife died, on 21 July 2013.

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