Ed Sprinkle

Edward Alexander Sprinkle (The Claw)

Position: DE-E-G-LB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 206 lbs.

Born: September 3, 1923 in Bradshaw, TX
College: Hardin-Simmons, Navy (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 53 (1358th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 22, 2013 10:25AM

All-Time Rank: #1224. Dewayne Washington… #1225. Phil Hansen… #1226. Plaxico Burress… #1227. ED SPRINKLE… #1228. Skip Vanderbundt… #1229. Eric Hill… #1230. Mike Hegman…

All-Time Rank: #1224. Dewayne Washington… #1225. Phil Hansen… #1226. Plaxico Burress… #1227. ED SPRINKLE… #1228. Skip Vanderbundt… #1229. Eric Hill… #1230. Mike Hegman…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1944	21	CHI	de		9	3	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
1945	22	CHI	de		6	4	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
1946	23	CHI	RE		11	9	7	124	17.7	2	34	0.6	11.3								124	2	0	0
1947	24	CHI	RE		12	5	4	43	10.8	0	15	0.3	3.6								43	0	0	0
1948	25	CHI	de		10	2	10	132	13.2	3	34	1.0	13.2	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0.1	130	3	0	0
1949	26	CHI	re		12	6	4	69	17.3	0	47	0.3	5.8	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	74	0	0	0
1950*	27	CHI	RDE/RE	7	12		4	70	17.5	0	27	0.3	5.8	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	69	0	0	14
1951*	28	CHI	RDE	7	12		2	11	5.5	1	7	0.2	0.9								11	1	0	10
1952*	29	CHI	RDE	7	12		1	2	2.0	1	2	0.1	0.2								2	1	0	11
1953	30	CHI	RDE	7	12		0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	1	8
1954*	31	CHI	RDE	7	12		0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	14
1955	32	CHI		7	12		0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	1
Career					132	29	32	451	14.1	7	47	0.2	3.4	3	2	0	5	0.7	0.0	0.0	453	7	1	58

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1944	21	CHI	de		9	3		1	15	0	15	0
1946	23	CHI	RE		11	9		1	34	0	34	0	0	0	3	44	1
1950*	27	CHI	RDE/RE	7	12								0	0	2	0	0
1951*	28	CHI	RDE	7	12			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	56	1
1952*	29	CHI	RDE	7	12								0	0	2	11	0
1953	30	CHI	RDE	7	12								0	1	2	0	0
1954*	31	CHI	RDE	7	12			1	6	0	6	0
1955	32	CHI		7	12								0	0	1	0	0
Career					132	29		4	55	0	34	0	0	1	12	111	2			1

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1946	23	CHI	RE		11	9						2	11	0	6	5.5	135
1950*	27	CHI	RDE/RE	7	12							1	5	0	5	5.0	74
1952*	29	CHI	RDE	7	12							4	39	0	11	9.8	41
1953	30	CHI	RDE	7	12							1	0	0	0	0.0	0
1954*	31	CHI	RDE	7	12							3	8	0	7	2.7	8
Career					132	29						11	63	0	11	5.7	516

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1949	26	CHI	re		12	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
Career					132	29		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	FblTD	OthTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1946	23	CHI	RE		11	9	2	1		3		18
1948	25	CHI	de		10	2	3			3		18
1949	26	CHI	re		12	6					1	2
1951*	28	CHI	RDE	7	12		1	1		2		12
1952*	29	CHI	RDE	7	12		1			1		6
1953	30	CHI	RDE	7	12				1	1		6
Career					132	29	7	2	1	10	1	62

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
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4	Antonio Johnson, Eric Foster, Jeff Faulkner, Dave Roller, Jerry Drake, Corey Sears, Barron Tanner, Bob Voight, Thomas Johnson, Bubba Green
5	Antonio Johnson, Eric Foster, Dave Roller, Bob Voight, Bubba Green, Gary Finneran, Gary Gibson, Travis N. Davis, Don Davis, Corey Sears
6	Antonio Johnson, Eric Foster, Bob Voight, Bubba Green, Gary Finneran, Gary Gibson, Travis N. Davis, Don Davis, Joe Young, Bob Reifsnyder
7	Marty Amsler, Rex Boggan, Gregg Schumacher, Blaine Earon, Calais Campbell, Bob Van Doren, Dewey Brundage, Jack Brumfield, Joe O'Malley, Mike Robinson
8	Cleveland Elam, Pat O'Donahue, Mat Mendenhall, Jim Young, Glenn Dorsey, Jim Winkler, John Kreamcheck, Kenny Neil, Darrion Scott, Talance Sawyer
9	Ray Collins, Mario Williams, Thurman McGraw, Dennis L. Johnson, Ed Meadows, Haloti Ngata, Carlton Massey, Willie Holman, Andy Harmon, Brodrick Bunkley
10	Mario Williams, Andy Harmon, Haloti Ngata, Trent Cole, Jim Duncan, Carlton Massey, Rich Jackson, Earl Faison, Tom Keating, Ray Collins
11	Trent Cole, John Elliott, Wally Chambers, Vince Wilfork, Earl Faison, Jerome Brown, Rich Jackson, Mike Reid, Michael McCrary, Donald Evans
12	John Elliott, Wally Chambers, Trent Cole, Vince Wilfork, Earl Faison, Rich Jackson, Michael McCrary, Jerome Brown, Donald Evans, Mike Reid
Career	Trent Cole, John Elliott, Wally Chambers, Vince Wilfork, Earl Faison, Jerome Brown, Rich Jackson, Mike Reid, Michael McCrary, Donald Evans

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1950 1951 1952 1954	Non-Offensive TDs 1946 NFL 1 (3) 1951 NFL 1 (9) 1953 NFL 1 (3)	Fumble Return Yds 1946 NFL 44 (2) 1951 NFL 56 (2) Career 111 (90)	Fumble Return TD 1946 NFL 1 (1) 1951 NFL 1 (2) Career 2 (39)
Safeties 1949 NFL 1 (1) Career 1 (72)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1949	1st Team	All-NFL/AAFC	Int. News Service
1949	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1949	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1950	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1951	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1951	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1952	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1954	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

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