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{{Infobox college coach
| name = George Sanford
| image = George Foster Sanford Sr. at Rutgers in 1913.jpg
| alt = 
| caption =Sanford in 1913
| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|6|4}}
| birth_place = [[Ashland, Chemung County, New York|Ashland, New York]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|5|23|1870|6|4}}
| death_place = [[Manhattan, New York City]]
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1891–1892
| player_team1 = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]]
| player_positions = [[Center (gridiron football)|Center]]
| coach_years1 = 1899–1901
| coach_team1 = [[Columbia Lions football|Columbia]]
| coach_years2 = 1904
| coach_team2 = [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]]
| coach_years3 = 1913–1923
| coach_team3 = [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football|Rutgers]]
| overall_record = 84–46–6
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
| CFBHOF_year = 1971
| CFBHOF_id = 1272
}}
'''George Foster "Sandy" Sanford''' (June 4, 1870 – May 23, 1938) was an [[American football]] player and coach.  He served as the head coach at [[Columbia University]] (1899–1901), the [[University of Virginia]] (1904), [[Yale University]] (c.1910) where his title was adviser and he took no pay, and [[Rutgers-New Brunswick|Rutgers University]] (1913–1923), compiling a career [[college football]] record of 84–46–6.  Sanford was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] as a coach in 1971.<ref name=obit/>

==Biography==
Sanford was born on June 4, 1870. He played college football at [[Yale University]].  After retiring from coaching, Sanford was president of the insurance brokerage firm of Smyth, Sanford & Gerard, Inc. in [[Manhattan, New York City]].  

He died of a heart attack on May 23, 1938 at the age of 67 at [[Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)|Presbyterian Hospital]] in Manhattan.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=G. F. Sanford Dead; Football Leader. Former Coach at Columbia and Rutgers Was Gridiron Star at Yale for Four Years. A Team-Mate Of Hinkey. Also Played Center on Eleven With Heffelfinger. Earned His 'Y' as a Sprinter Joins Rutgers in 1913. Head of Insurance Firm |author= |work=[[New York Times]] |date=May 24, 1938 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/05/24/98140019.pdf |accessdate=October 9, 2010}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Columbia Lions football|Columbia Lions]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1899
 | endyear   = 1901
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1899 college football season|1899]]
 | name         = [[1899 Columbia Lions football team|Columbia]]
 | overall      = 8–3
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1900 college football season|1900]]
 | name         = [[1900 Columbia Lions football team|Columbia]]
 | overall      = 6–3–1
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1901 college football season|1901]]
 | name         = [[1901 Columbia Lions football team|Columbia]]
 | overall      = 8–5
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Columbia
 | overall    = 22–11–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia Cavaliers]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1904
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1904 college football season|1904]]
 | name         = [[1904 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
 | overall      = 6–3
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Virginia
 | overall    = 6–3
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football|Rutgers Queensmen]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1904
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1913 college football season|1913]]
 | name         = [[1913 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 6–3
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1914 college football season|1914]]
 | name         = [[1914 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 5–3–1
 | conference   =
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1915 college football season|1915]]
 | name         = [[1915 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   =
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1916 college football season|1916]]
 | name         = [[1916 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 3–2–2
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1917 college football season|1917]]
 | name         = [[1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 7–1–1
 | conference   =
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1918 college football season|1918]]
 | name         = [[1918 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 5–2
 | conference   =
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 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1919 college football season|1919]]
 | name         = [[1919 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   =
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1920 college football season|1920]]
 | name         = [[1920 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 2–7
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 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1921 college football season|1921]]
 | name         = [[1921 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   =
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
 | name         = [[1922 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 5–4
 | conference   =
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 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1923 college football season|1923]]
 | name         = [[1923 Rutgers Queensmen football team|Rutgers]]
 | overall      = 7–1–1
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Rutgers
 | overall    = 56–32–5
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 84–46–6
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cfbhof|id=1272|name=George Sanford}}
* {{Find a Grave}}

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