Career
Sears prepped at Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. Sears played college football at the University of Southern California. He was seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting his senior year.
In 1952, he became the second person to receive the West.J. as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast.
Prior to playing for the University of Southern California Trojans, Sears played at El Camino Junior College in Torrance, California. Sears played for the NFL"s Chicago Cardinals (1954, 1957–1958), and the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s Los Angeles Chargers (1960) and Denver Broncos (1961).
