Sprague

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Sprague is the name of several places in North America:

• Sprague, Manitoba, a small town near the Minnesota/Manitoba border
• Sprague, Alabama, Montgomery County, Alabama
• Sprague, Connecticut
• Sprague, Nebraska
• Sprague, Washington
• Sprague Field, a multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey
• The Sprague River in southwestern Oregon

Sprague can also refer to the following people:

• Sprague Cleghorn, former NHL hockey player
• L. Sprague de Camp, author
• A number of prominent people named Charles Sprague
  • Charles Sprague (poet), American poet
  • Charles A. Sprague, former Governor of Oregon
  • Charles E. Sprague, accountant, civil war hero, Volapükist, spelling reformer
  • Charlie Sprague, an American baseball player
• Clifton Sprague, American admiral during World War II
• Ed Sprague (pitcher), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ed Sprague (third baseman), former Major League Baseball third baseman, and son of the pitcher
• Erik Sprague, the self-styled Lizardman
• Frank J. Sprague, Father of Electric Traction
• Isaac Sprague, botanical illustrator
• Isaac W. Sprague, the Original Thin Man
• Jack Sprague, the only 3-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
• Ken Sprague, political cartoonist
• Lucian Sprague, American railroad executive
• Peleg Sprague, politician from the state of Maine
• Peleg Sprague (New Hampshire), politician from the state of New Hampshire
• Robert Lamison Sprague, American admiral during World War II
• Royal Sprague, 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
• A number of prominent politicians named William Sprague
  • William Sprague (1609–1675), original American settler
  • William Sprague (1799-1856), a politician from Rhode Island, uncle of William Sprague (1830-1915)
  • William Sprague (1809-1868), a politician from Michigan
  • William Sprague (1830-1915), a politician from Rhode Island, nephew of William Sprague (1799-1856)
  • William Peter Sprague (1827-1899), a politician from Ohio
• W.G.R. Sprague, London Theatre designer

[edit] See also

• Sprague Brothers, a rock band from Wichita Falls, Texas
• Sprague Energy, a supplier of energy and materials handling services in New England
• Sprague-Goodman Electronics, a Westbury, New York, manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors
• Ted Sprague, a fictional character from the television series Heroes
• Sprague-Grundy theorem, a theorem in recreational mathematics