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Deion Sanders parents: Meet Connie Sanders and Mims Sanders

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Deion Sanders Sr. was a baseball outfielder for nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and San Francisco Giants. He won two Super Bowl titles and made a World Series appearance in 1992, making him the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. Sanders is widely regarded as the greatest cornerback in NFL history.

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Deion Sanders’s parents: Meet Connie Sanders and Mims Sanders

Sanders Sr. was born in a less privileged family in Fort Myers, Florida, United States and he is the son of Connie Knights and Mims Sanders. Much is not documented about his parents but his parents divorced when he was two years old and was brought up by his mother Connie and his stepfather Willie Knight. According to the source, his father is dead.

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Connie is of African-American ethnic race and holds an American nationality. She is a mother of two a son Deion Sanders and a daughter Tracy Knight. She is the wife of Willie Knight.

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