No. 31 | |
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Position: | Defensive back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. | July 30, 1965
Died: | April 26, 2023 57) | (aged
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Middletown (Middletown, Ohio) |
College: | Ohio State |
NFL Draft: | 1987 / Round: 6 / Pick: 157 |
Career history | |
Sonny Gordon (July 30, 1965 – April 26, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987, and in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1989 to 1990 and Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1991. [1] [2] He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1987 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. [3]
Gordon died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on April 26, 2023, at the age of 57. [4]
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