Deion Sanders Biography - Born In Fort Myers, Florida, Drafted By Atlanta Falcons, Chronology, Leads Nfl In Interceptions - CONTACT INFORMATION, SELECTED WRITINGS BY SANDERS:
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American football and baseball player
The only man in professional sports history to play in both the Super Bowl and World Series, Deion Sanders has been a top-ranked athlete since his high school years. Sanders credits sports with keeping him out of trouble as a teenager. Nicknamed "Prime Time" during high school, Sanders has probably received more prime-time sports coverage than any other athlete in recent years because of his involvement in both professional football and major league baseball. He played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), including stints with the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco Giants, Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins. In major league baseball, Sanders played for the New York Yankees in 1989 and 1990; the Atlanta Braves from 1991 through the first part of 1994; the Cincinnati Reds in the second part of 1994, the first part of 1995, and all of 1997 and 2001; and for the San Francisco Giants in the latter part of the 1995 season. After leaving football and baseball in 2001, Sanders joined CBS Sports as a feature reporter/contributor for the NFL Today television show, and the next year became a studio analyst.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: c/o CBS Sports, 666 Third Ave., 18th Fl., New York, NY 10017. Fax: (646) 487-2597. Phone: (646) 487-1000. Online: http://www.deion-sanders.com.
SELECTED WRITINGS BY SANDERS:
(With Jim Nelson Black) Power, Money, and Sex, Nashville, TN: Word Publishing, 1998.
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He was born Deion Luwynn Sanders in Fort Myers, Florida, on August 9, 1967. The son of Connie Knight (a cleaning woman), he grew up in a poor neighborhood of the southwest Florida city. Active in sports as a boy, he stayed busy enough to avoid the lure of the ever-present
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drug trade that ensnared many of his friends. Years later Sanders told Esquire: "It would've…
In the 1989 NFL draft, the Atlanta Falcons picked Sanders early in the first round, offering him a contract that would pay him $400,000. Sanders demanded $11 million, and lengthy, often bitter negotiations followed. In the meantime, however, Sanders kept busy on the baseball field, having signed with the New York Yankees in 1988. He played about 100 games for minor league teams in the Yankees�…
Batting .276 for the Braves during the 1993 regular season, Sanders was felled by a respiratory infection in August. The illness also kept him out of football for a few games at the beginning of the season, but he nevertheless managed to lead the NFL with seven interceptions in 11 games. He was named National Football Conference (NFC) Defensive Player of the Month for November and was chosen as a …
In 1997 Sanders returned to baseball, batting .273 for the Reds and accounting for a total of 23 runs batted in. He missed the first two weeks of the football season while continuing to play for the Reds. Although he missed the tail end of the baseball season, Sanders still managed to rank second in the National League with 56 stolen bases. His season with the Cowboys was further shortened by a ri…
A major influence in Sanders's life since the mid-1990s has been Bishop Thomas D. Jakes Sr., founder of the Potter's House, a nondenominational, multiracial church in Dallas, and the T. D. Jakes Ministries. In October 1997, signaling a rebirth of Sanders's Christianity, Jakes baptized Sanders and fellow Dallas Cowboys players Emmitt Smith, Omar Stoutmire, and George Hegamin. J…
In 1999 Sanders missed the first two games of the football season while recovering from toe surgery he had undergone during the off-season. With a punt-return average of 11.5 yards, he finished fourth in the NFC for the season. The most impressive of Sanders's punt returns that season came in an October 31 game against the Indianapolis Colts, when he returned a punt 76 yards to the two-yard…
"Deion Sanders." Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 31. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2001. Cohn, Bob. "Prime Time Faith: He Has Money. He Has Championship Rings. And, Deion Sanders." Washington Times (August 31, 2000): E2. Cook, Kevin. "Playboy Interview: Deion Sanders." Playboy (August 1994). "Deion Is Done." Sports Illustrated (July …
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User Comments
almost 3 years ago
u are my role model and i will wear you number with style and proud...from shutdown cornerback to shutdown cornerback legend
over 1 year ago
junayae
wat bout where he wen to skool ayt
over 1 year ago
Just B
You speak of your mother Ms. Connie, is your father's name James Sanders? I may never get an answer to this question, but I have been trying to find out for a very long time.
over 2 years ago
Deion,
Been meaning to send this for some time now. I lived in Dallas while you were playing there. I saw you in a toy store buying a toy for your son. I thought about saying hi but you were with your son so I did not interfere with your family time. It was just a lovely thing to see you an him together and to see a side of you most don't see. Hope the son is doing well an that you still get time to spend with him.
A fan
over 5 years ago
You are the last shut down corner ever to play in the NFL. I'm a huge fan and I even went to see you when you did you concert in Bakersfield, CA. I was about 12yrs at the time but it was one of the best moments in my life. You even gave me your towel after your show when i guessed what your favorite number was, it was #21
over 5 years ago
your a legend of mine if people talk about you or not i still remember