David Sprague

David Sprague
Date of birth (1910-08-11)August 11, 1910
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
Career history
As player
1930–1932 Hamilton Tigers
1933-1940 Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL East All-Star 1932, 1936, 1939, 1940
Career stats

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. In the 1940 election he ran for a seat on the Ottawa Board of Control, but lost.

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