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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 ".
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Full Name: Edward Alexander Sprinkle. Birthdate: September 3, 1923. Birthplace: Bradshaw, Texas. Died: July 28, 2014. High School: Tuscola (TX) Pro Career: 12 seasons, 132 games
Aug 1, 2014 · Edward Alexander Sprinkle, a son of sharecroppers, was born on Sept. 3, 1923, in the West Texas town of Bradshaw and grew up nearby in Tuscola, Tex., south of Abilene. He played for...
Aug 4, 2019 · Sprinkle came to the Bears on Bulldog Turner’s recommendation in 1944. Turner was a few years ahead of Sprinkle at tiny Hardin-Simmons College in Abilene, Texas.
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Aug 5, 2014 · PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Ed Sprinkle, a star defensive end for the Chicago Bears in the 1940s and '50s who was called the "meanest man" in football, has died. He was 90.
Ed Sprinkle, Defensive End, 1944-1955. Sprinkle became a Chicago Bear during World War II, having gone to the same little school (Hardin-Simmons in Texas) as legendary C/LB Bulldog Turner.
Ed Sprinkle was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1962 season as the quarterbacks coach of the New York Titans. During his lone season in the NFL the Titans went 5-9-0.
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