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Lonnie Sanders

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Lonnie Sanders
No. 40, 42
Date of birth (1941-11-06) November 6, 1941 (age 83)
Place of birthDetroit, Michigan
Career information
Position(s)Cornerback
US collegeMichigan State
AFL draft1963 / round: 10 / pick: 77
(By the Denver Broncos)
NFL draft1963 / round: 2 / pick: 22
Career history
As player
1963–1967Washington Redskins
1968–1969St. Louis Cardinals
Career stats

Lonnie J. Sanders, Jr. (born November 6, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the second round of the 1962 NFL Draft. Sanders was also selected in the tenth round of the 1963 AFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.

He currently resides with his wife and son in Northwest Washington, D.C.