Bud Sprague

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Bud Sprague
Date of birth:	September 8, 1904
Place of birth:	Dallas, Texas
Date of death:	April 25, 1973
Place of death:	New York, New York
Career information
Position(s):	T
College:	University of Texas Army
College Football Hall of Fame

Mortimer 'Bud' Sprague (born September 8, 1904) 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. 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.