George Foster "Sandy" Sanford (June 4, 1870 – May 23, 1938) was an American college football player and coach.

[2][3] He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School in 1893, but was allowed to stay on the football team due to a rule change that allowed graduate students (Sanford was attending Yale Law School) to play college football.

[4][5] He was declared ineligible for the 1895 football season finale against Princeton because he did not register as a student before that year's deadline.

[21] Sanford's players at Rutgers included Paul Robeson and Homer Hazel.

[1] After his retirement from coaching, Sanford remained involved with the football program as an advisor to his successor, John Wallace.