Jack Sanders, a 6-foot, 219-pound guard out of SMU, was chosen by the Giants within the seventeenth around the 1939 NFL draft. Sanders by no means performed for the Giants however did play for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1940 to 1942.
He enlisted in america Marine Corps throughout World Conflict II as a primary lieutenant and fought within the Battle of Iwo Jima in March 1945. Sanders misplaced a part of his left arm whereas testing underwater demolitions.
After his discharge in 1945, he signed on with the Philadelphia Eagles and have become the primary World Conflict II disabled veteran to signal with an NFL workforce. Sanders performed three video games for the Eagles that season earlier than retiring.
