Barry Sanders

CTL-E-6707 · Person · other · contemporary

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Barry Sanders rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of his ten seasons with the Detroit Lions (1989–1998), won the 1997 NFL MVP award, and retired abruptly at his peak with 15,269 rushing yards — then second all-time. Renowned as the most elusive runner the game has seen, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

Notes

Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged athletes packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/athletes/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Football — running back (Detroit Lions) · Photo: Photo: Greg2600 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barry_Sanders_2019.jpg) · staged for CultureTechLens Full per-asset record in this package's photo-records.json, keyed to CTL-E-6707.

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Barry Sanders' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sanders
• profootballhof.com — https://www.profootballhof.com/players/barry-sanders/

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