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Meet the new guy: Bob Sanders

Posted Aug 3, 2011

By Darren Feeney, Chargers.com

Eight-year strong safety Bob Sanders reveals the fast food joint where he got his first job and the three people he'd most like to meet.

SAN DIEGO – The Chargers made a relatively big splash in the NFL free agent pool when they signed two-time Pro Bowl safety and 2007 AP Defensive Player of the Year, Bob Sanders, to a one-year deal.

General Manager A.J. Smith and Head Coach Norv Turner expressed their excitement in getting the coveted defensive star. Sanders and Eric Weddle look to serve as a dynamic combo in the Chargers’ secondary.

Vitals

Full Name: Demond Sanders

Nickname: “Bob”

Position: Defensive Back

Age: 30

Height: 5-foot-8

Weight: 206 pounds

College: Iowa

Hometown: Erie, Pa.

Fun Fact: Played collegiately with Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding.

My favorite sport to play as a kid was...

Sanders: Football.

My favorite sport to watch growing up was…

Sanders: Football, of course.

My favorite professional team as a kid was…

Sanders: I never had one.

My favorite athlete to watch in another sport is…

Sanders: Kobe Bryant.

My favorite hobby is…

Sanders: Golf.

My favorite movie of all-time is…

Sanders: “Unusual Suspects.”

My favorite food is…

Sanders: Seafood.

My favorite music group/band/artist is…

Sanders: Lil Wayne.

My favorite holiday is...

Sanders: Christmas.

My first impression of San Diego is…

Sanders: It’s beautiful.

If I wasn’t playing professional football, I’d like to be…

Sanders: A baseball player.

If I were NFL Commissioner for a day, I would…

Sanders: … not fine guys, just suspend them.

My first real job was…

Sanders: McDonald’s.

Growing up, the most inspirational person in my life was…

Sanders: My father.

If I could meet three people, past or present…dead or alive, they would be…

Sanders: Tupac, Maya Angelou and Lil Wayne.

I am the luckiest man in the world because…

Sanders: … of the parents that I have.

My best memory from playing college football is…

Sanders: Going to bowl games.

My most embarrassing moment was...

Sanders: When I get blindsided in little league football.

The one hi-tech gadget I cannot live without…

Sanders: A computer.

If I could have one super power, it would it be…

Sanders: To fly.

The biggest obstacle I’ve overcome…

Sanders: … was the micro fracture in my right knee in 2008.

If I could date a celebrity it would be…

Sanders: No one. I’m married.
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