Sonny Gandee played for five seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Texans in two games during the 1952 season and for the Detroit Lions in 51 games from 1952 to 1957.
12 Facts About Sonny Gandee
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Sonny Gandee was a member of the Lions' 1952,1953 and 1957 teams that won NFL championships.
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Sonny Gandee was born in 1929 in Akron, Ohio, and attended that city's Garfield High School.
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Sonny Gandee's father, Sherman Gandee, was a deputy sheriff in Summit County, Ohio.
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Sonny Gandee had a twin brother, Sherman "Joe" Gandee, Jr.
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Sonny Gandee attended Ohio State University and played college football as an end for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team in 1948,1950, and 1951.
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Sonny Gandee missed the 1949 season after sustaining a chipped vertebrae in his neck during a pre-season scrimmage.
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Sonny Gandee was selected by the Detroit Lions in the ninth round of the 1952 NFL draft.
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Sonny Gandee appeared in two games for the Dallas Texans and eight games for the Lions during the 1952 season.
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Sonny Gandee remained with the Lions through the 1956 season and played on the club's NFL championship teams in 1952 and 1953.
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Sonny Gandee lived in Wyandotte for over 50 years and later lived in Gibraltar and Grosse Ile, Michigan.
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Sonny Gandee died on July 21,2013, in Grosse Ile, Michigan, at age 84.