David Shafer Sprague (August 11, 1910 – February 20, 1968) was a star

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player in the

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(CFL) for eleven seasons for the

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and the

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. He was inducted into the

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in 1963 and into the

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in 1975. Sprague represented

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for one year on

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in 1940. In the 1940 election he ran for a seat on the

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, but lost.

References

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile
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