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7 unusual facts about Deion Sanders


Dave Burba

On July 21, 1995, he was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Darren Lewis and Mark Portugal to the Cincinnati Reds for Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, and David McCarty.

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Deion Sanders (born 1967), American former football and baseball player

Jon Huber

He is one of four players from North Fort Meyers High School to have Major League Baseball experience including Mike Greenwell, Jim Miller, and Deion Sanders.

Kelly Gruber

In the fourth inning of Game 3, Gruber appeared to make a diving tag on Braves runner Deion Sanders' foot to record the third out of a triple play, which would have been only the second such play in World Series history.

Monitronics

Chuck Liddell has appeared at Monitronics booths at industry conferences, and more recently, NFL greats Deion Sanders and Michael Strahan served as spokespersons for Monitronics at ISC West.

NFL '95

It is the last Sega football game to feature Joe Montana, as its sequel, Prime Time NFL Football starred Deion Sanders.

Stan Javier

His performance with Oakland earned Javier his first contract worth over a million dollars annually, as he signed a two-year pact worth $2.1 million on December 8, 1995 to replace Deion Sanders in center field for the San Francisco Giants.


Alundis Brice

When Dallas acquired Deion Sanders Brice was given a BMW to switch jersey numbers so that Sanders could wear his #21.

Les Richter

On February 5, 2011 it was announced that he had been elected to the Pro Football Hall Of Fame along with Deion Sanders, Richard Dent, Marshall Faulk, Ed Sabol, Shannon Sharpe, and Chris Hanburger.

Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith

In its first year, Quite Frankly guests included Senator John McCain, President Jimmy Carter, Tim Wise, Allen Iverson (the show's first guest, appearing for an hour-long interview), Shaquille O'Neal & Deion Sanders (who are the only two guests to have appeared three times), Kobe Bryant, Pete Rose, Wayne Gretzky, Donald Trump, Lawrence Taylor, Michael Strahan, John Thorn, and Jerry Bruckheimer.

Tyler Prochnow

Prior to launching the Brigade, Prochnow was the founder and president of Golden Peak Sports & Entertainment, a sports representation agency with clients including Deion Sanders, Neil Smith, and Olympians Amy Van Dyken and Aly Wagner.

Warrick Dunn

Dunn's jersey, along with those of other Seminoles players such as Fred Biletnikoff, Ron Sellers, Ron Simmons, Charlie Ward, Deion Sanders, and Chris Weinke, has been retired by the university.


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