David Sprague

David Sprague

Date of birth:	August 11, 1910(1910-08-11)
Place of birth:	Dunkirk, New York
Date of death:	February 20, 1968(1968-02-20) (aged 57)
Place of death:	Ottawa, Ontario
Career information
Position(s):	Running back Defensive tackle
College:	Delta Collegiate
Organizations
As player:
1930–1932 1933-1940	Hamilton Tigers Ottawa Rough Riders
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1963

David S. Sprague (August 11, 1910 – February 20, 1968) was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for eleven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers and the Ottawa Rough Riders. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.

Sprague represented Elmdale Ward for one year on Ottawa City Council in 1940. [1] In the 1940 election he ran for a seat on the Ottawa Board of Control, but lost.

References

• Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile

Persondata
Name	Sprague, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 11, 1910
Place of birth	Dunkirk, New York
Date of death	February 20, 1968
Place of death	Ottawa, Ontario