Dick Sprague
| Position: | Defensive back |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | November 13, 1931 |
| Place of birth: | Spokane, Washington |
| Date of death: | May 28, 2008 |
| Place of death: | Medina, Washington |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Gonzaga Preparatory School |
| College: | Washington |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Richard Severn "Dick" Sprague (November 13, 1931 – May 28, 2008) was an American football player. He played college football for the Washington Huskies football team and, as a sophomore, was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team defensive player on their 1950 College Football All-America Team.[1][2] Sprague passed on an opportunity to play in the National Football League to study law at Harvard Law School. At Harvard, he also coached football. He worked as an attorney at the Bogle and Gates law firm for 40 years and at Kemper Development Co. in Bellevue, Washington, for several years after that. He died of prostate cancer in 2008 at age 77 at his home in Medina, Washington.[3]
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References
- ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1220. ISBN 1401337031.
- ↑ "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. 17 December 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑ Dan Raley (May 30, 2008). "Dick Sprague, 1931-2008: All-American had speed to spare for UW: Defensive back one of fastest Huskies ever". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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