1. Sonny Randle focused on track and field, competing in different events and clocking 9.8 seconds in the 100-yard dash in 1954, which was a school record that stood until 1982, earning him All-American honors and an invitation to the US Olympic Trials.
Sonny Randle held the school record in the 400 metres from 1954 until 1960.
Sonny Randle achieved these records on cinder tracks, instead of the faster modern synthetic tracks.
Sonny Randle did not play football until his senior year, because his athletic director Gus Lacy feared he would get hurt.
Sonny Randle had the distinction of attending Fork Union Military Academy as a cadet for the longest time.
Sonny Randle decided to walk-on to the University of Virginia and eventually earned a football scholarship.
In 1958, Sonny Randle finished second in the NCAA with 47 receptions and first in kickoff returns.
Sonny Randle posted 47 receptions for 642 yards, 1,253 all-purpose yards, 506 kickoff yards and 5 touchdowns.
In college, Sonny Randle practiced basketball and track, where he set a record by running the 100-yard dash in 9.6 seconds.
In 1991, Sonny Randle was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
Sonny Randle was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the 19th round of the 1958 NFL draft, with a future draft pick, which allowed the team to draft him before his college eligibility was over.
In only his second season in the NFL, Sonny Randle had a break-out year registering 62 receptions for 893 yards and 15 touchdowns and was named first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press, The Sporting News and UPI.
On November 4,1962, Sonny Randle had at the time the second best game statistically by a wide receiver in NFL history as he caught 16 passes for 256 yards in a game against the New York Giants.
Sonny Randle finished the season with 63 receptions for 1,158 yards, 8 touchdown catches and was named second-team All-Pro by UPI.
Sonny Randle passed the 1,000-yard receiving mark in 1963, finishing with 51 receptions for 1,014 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Sonny Randle left the Cardinals as the franchise's second all-time leading wide receiver.
Sonny Randle appeared in 6 games as a reserve and had one reception for 12 yards.
Sonny Randle finished his career with 65 touchdown receptions in 120 games, currently placing him 12th on the NFL's all-time TD-per-game list.
Sonny Randle became the Pirates' head coach in 1971, leading the team to back-to-back Southern Conference championships in 1972 and 1973.
Sonny Randle was named the conference's coach of the year in both years.
Sonny Randle then spent two years as head coach at his alma mater, the University of Virginia, two seasons at Massanutten Military Academy as head football coach and athletic director, and five seasons at Marshall University as the football head coach.
In 1991, Sonny Randle started S-R Sports, a syndicated talk radio network based in Virginia.