David Shafer Sprague
(August 11, 1910 – February 20, 1968) was a star
football
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player in the
Canadian Football League
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for eleven seasons for the
Hamilton Tigers
The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1920 to 1925. The Tigers were formed by the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton intere ...
and the
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...
. He was inducted into the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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in 1963 and into the
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (french: Panthéon des sports canadiens; sometimes referred to as the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame) is a Canadian sports hall of fame and museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dedicated to the history of sports in Canad ...
in 1975.
Sprague represented
Elmdale Ward
Elmdale Ward was a municipal ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The ward was created in 1929 when it was split off from Dalhousie Ward. It existed until 1994, when it was merged with Queensboro Ward to become Kitchissippi Ward. From 19 ...
for one year on
Ottawa City Council
The Ottawa City Council (french: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 24 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each councillor represents war ...
in 1940
In the
1940 Ottawa municipal election, 1940 election he ran for a seat on the
Ottawa Board of Control
The Ottawa Board of Control was an important part of the governance of Ottawa, Ontario from 1908 until 1980 when it was abolished. Through the 19th century Ottawa had been governed by a mayor and city council, but most councillors were only part-ti ...
, but lost.
References
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile
External links
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1910 births
1968 deaths
People from Dunkirk, New York
American emigrants to Canada
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Hamilton Tigers football players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Ottawa city councillors
Canadian sportsperson-politicians
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