Sandy Sanford American football player

Hayward A. Sanford (June 15, 1916 – March 25, 2000) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Alabama. He was recruited by Bear Bryant, an assistant at Alabama at the time. He was also a kicker and won two games by kicking field goals for the Crimson Tide during the 1937 season that put them in the 1938 Rose Bowl. Sanford left the NFL after one season to join the United States Navy and served as an officer during World War II.