Ulmo Shannon "Sonny" Randle, Jr. is a sportscaster and former American football player and coach. After playing college football at the University of Virginia, Randle became a wide receiver in the NFL for the Chicago and St. Louis Cardinals before completing his career with the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. In only his second season in the NFL, Randle led the league in receiving touchdowns with 15 and was named first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press, The Sporting News and UPI. Randle had 65 touchdown catches in 120 games during his career, currently placing him 12th on the NFL's all-time TD-per-game list. His 65 TD catches were also the most in the NFL during the 1960s. On November 4, 1962, Randle had one of the biggest games statistically by a wide receiver in NFL history as he caught 16 passes for 256 yards in a game against the New York Giants. Randle finished the 1962 season with 63 receptions for 1,158 yards and 8 touchdown catches and was named second-team All-Pro by UPI. Randle once again passed the 1,000-yard receiving mark in 1963, finishing with 1,014 yards on 51 catches, 8 of which went for touchdowns. 

January 6th, 1936 in Cohasset  /  Died:   May 24th, 2017 - aged 81