Dean Sensanbaugher

Dean Sensanbaugher

Sensanbaugher in 1944
No. 94
Position:	Halfback, defensive back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1925-08-12)August 12, 1925
Place of birth:	Midvale, Ohio
Date of death:	November 8, 2005(2005-11-08) (aged 80)
Place of death:	Lakeland, Florida
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Uhrichsville High School
College:	Army, Ohio State
Career history
Cleveland Browns (1948) New York Bulldogs (1949) Toronto Argonauts (1952)
Career highlights and awards
AAFC Champion (1948)
Career NFL statistics
Games: 15 Rush yards: 95 Touchdowns: 2
Player stats at PFR

Dean Sparks Sensanbaugher (August 12, 1925 – November 8, 2005) was a professional American football halfback and defensive back who played two seasons for the Cleveland Browns and New York Bulldogs in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) in the late 1940s.

Sensanbaugher grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio State University. He played football there under head coach Paul Brown in 1943, but left the following year to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. He transferred to the United States Military Academy and played for an Army Black Knights football team that won all of its games in 1944 and finished first in the AP Poll. When the war ended, he returned to Ohio State to finish his college career.

Sensanbaugher joined the Cleveland Browns, a professional team coached by Brown, in 1948. The Browns went undefeated that year and won a third straight AAFC championship. The Browns released him the following year, however, and he played briefly for the Bulldogs and in the Canadian Football League before leaving the sport. Sensanbaugher later worked in trucking and settled in Florida, where he died in 2005.

Sensanbaugher grew up in Uhrichsville, Ohio and attended the town's high school. He enrolled at Ohio State University in 1943 and made the school's football team as a freshman halfback under coach Paul Brown. Brown was forced to play 17-year-olds that year because his older players had been drafted into the United States military as World War II intensified. Sensanbaugher returned a kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown in a game against Naval Station Great Lakes in 1944, setting a school record that still stands as of 2015. The Ohio State Buckeyes finished with a 3–6 record that year. After the season, he was named Ohio State's most outstanding freshman. He played in the East–West Shrine Game in California, an annual college all-star game.