Researching Bud Sprague
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The name Bud means "Off-shoot" and is of German origin.
Records of Bud Sprague on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bud Sprague and the Sprague Genealogy
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Bud Sprague. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bud Sprague
Bud Sprague
Mortimer "Bud" Sprague (September 8, 1904 – April 25, 1973) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.
He was one of the eight children born to Minna and George Sprague, of the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Bud's father George served on the Dallas City Council and as the Mayor of Dallas from 1937 to 1939. Bud originally played on University of Texas' varsity football team, and later transferred to the United States Military Academy to play out his eligibility for the Army Black Knights. Eventually Bud settled in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan and made his fortune in maritime insurance. He named his son, Kurth Sprague, after his mentor.
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