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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | April 24, 1941 Canton, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | October 5, 2025 (aged 84) | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Mayfield (Mayfield, Ohio) | ||||||||
| College | Ohio State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1963: 1st round, 12th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1963: 4th round, 32nd overall pick | ||||||||
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Daryl Theodore Sanders (April 24, 1941 – October 5, 2025) was an American professional football player who played offensive tackle for four seasons for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes before he was selected by the Lions in the first round of the 1963 NFL draft with the 12th overall pick. A right tackle with the Buckeyes, he was the starting left tackle in each of his four years in Detroit. He retired after the 1966 season to accept a sales position in which he was paid a salary almost twice as much as he earned annually while playing in the NFL.[1]
Sanders died from a heart attack on October 5, 2025, at the age of 84.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Birkett, Dave. "Former Ohio State lineman happy Detroit Lions drafted Taylor Decker," Detroit Free Press, Saturday, June 25, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Aulbach, Dan (October 29, 2025). "Daryl Sanders, Ohio State football right tackle on 1961 championship team, dies". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
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