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Aug 7, 2021 · Sue Withers was thrilled when she received a phone call Wednesday morning informing her that her father, former Bears star defensive end Ed Sprinkle, had been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Edward Alexander Sprinkle (September 3, 1923 – July 28, 2014) was an American football defensive end and end who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He was known to many as " the Meanest Man in Pro Football " and was nicknamed " the Claw ".
Jul 22, 2021 · The Sprinkle family will have a bigger entourage in Canton next month and will do their best to debunk the myth about him being the NFL’s meanest.
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Jul 22, 2021 · Sue Withers laughs at the notion of her father, Hall of Fame inductee Ed Sprinkle, being called the “Meanest Man in Pro Football.” “He was just so gentle,” she said. Withers admittedly was 2 years old when Sprinkle retired from the NFL after 12 seasons (1944-55) with the Chicago Bears, so she recalls little, if anything, about his ...
Jul 22, 2021 · Sue Withers laughs at the notion of her father, Hall of Fame inductee Ed Sprinkle, being called the “Meanest Man in Pro Football.” “He was just so gentle,” she said.
Jul 22, 2021 · Withers and other members of Sprinkle’s family are working to debunk the myth that the Bears great was anything more than a hard-nosed, prototypical pass rusher. Sprinkle died in 2014 at age 90.
A fierce competitor, Sprinkle was once described by legendary Hall of Famer George Halas as "the greatest pass rusher I've ever seen. Ed Sprinkle signed with the Chicago Bears as a free agent out of Navy in 1944.
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