He graduated from Kingsford High School and played in two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys, winning one.
Dave Manders played football at Kingsford High School, where he was named all-state and lineman of the year as a senior.
As a sophomore, he was a third-team All-Big Ten selection and became an All-American honorable mention after his senior year.
He was also involved in one of the game's controversial plays, when the Cowboys Duane Thomas fumbled the ball on the Colts two-yard line, and although Manders recovered the ball, the officials still awarded it to the Colts, who won their first Super Bowl as Jim O'Brien kicked a 32-yard field goal with time running out for a 16-13 victory.
[4] Manders was a captain and a key component in a Cowboys offensive line that dominated the NFL for a decade and won 2 NFC Championships and 1 Super Bowl.