Ed Sprinkle
 Sprinkle on a 1951 Bowman football card | |||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positions | Defensive end, end | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 3, 1923 Bradshaw, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 28, 2014 (aged 90) Palos Heights, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 206 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Tuscola (Tuscola, Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | Hardin–Simmons (1940–1942) Navy (1943) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1944: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
Edward Alexander Sprinkle (September 3, 1923 – July 28, 2014) was an American professional 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". He played for 12 seasons with the Bears and is credited with calling attention to the NFL's defensive players.