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Position | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 21, 1940
Died: | June 6, 2000 Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 59)
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Uniontown |
Career highlights and awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame (2011) |
Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000) was an American college football player and civic leader. Stephens was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania and is best known for his career as a college football quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where he became one of the first African-American quarterbacks in major college football and the first African American to be named an All-American at quarterback. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.