Professional Football Player. He played six years in the National Football League (1948 to 1954) as a defensive back on the rosters of the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. In his rookie year with Washington he set two NFL records, for most passes intercepted in a single season (13) and most yards on interception returns in one season (258 yards). He scored three touchdowns in the August 1949 Redskins-LA Rams Exhibition Game and was voted the game's outstanding player. Among a group of NFL players who hold the record for most interceptions in a game, four, Washington vs. Boston, October 31, 1948 and in that same game returned two interceptions for touchdowns, which has never been surpassed. He remained a ranked amateur tennis player and once played in a tennis exhibition match in Houston, Texas with future president George H. W. Bush and professionals Tony Roche and John Newcombe. In the varsity with Louisiana State University, he played in the 1947 Cotton Bowl and on the 1945 and 1947 Blue-Gray Football Teams, where he set up three touchdowns and scored one. Was the only LSU player selected to play on the Chicago All-Star Football team in 1948. As a result of World War II, was one of a handful to play in two College All-Star Games. As an architect and principal in the firm Wilson, Sandifer and Associates, notable designs included LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, First Baptist Church of Shreveport, Green Oaks High School, Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club and the Celt Center. He designed numerous noted structures for LSU Baton Rouge, including the Union Building, the Joan Chaffee Miller Girls Dormitory and the Business and Education Building.
Professional Football Player. He played six years in the National Football League (1948 to 1954) as a defensive back on the rosters of the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. In his rookie year with Washington he set two NFL records, for most passes intercepted in a single season (13) and most yards on interception returns in one season (258 yards). He scored three touchdowns in the August 1949 Redskins-LA Rams Exhibition Game and was voted the game's outstanding player. Among a group of NFL players who hold the record for most interceptions in a game, four, Washington vs. Boston, October 31, 1948 and in that same game returned two interceptions for touchdowns, which has never been surpassed. He remained a ranked amateur tennis player and once played in a tennis exhibition match in Houston, Texas with future president George H. W. Bush and professionals Tony Roche and John Newcombe. In the varsity with Louisiana State University, he played in the 1947 Cotton Bowl and on the 1945 and 1947 Blue-Gray Football Teams, where he set up three touchdowns and scored one. Was the only LSU player selected to play on the Chicago All-Star Football team in 1948. As a result of World War II, was one of a handful to play in two College All-Star Games. As an architect and principal in the firm Wilson, Sandifer and Associates, notable designs included LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, First Baptist Church of Shreveport, Green Oaks High School, Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club and the Celt Center. He designed numerous noted structures for LSU Baton Rouge, including the Union Building, the Joan Chaffee Miller Girls Dormitory and the Business and Education Building.
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