# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-sprinkle
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:20:01.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-sprinkle"
name: "Ed Sprinkle"
slug: "ed-sprinkle"
description: "Edward Alexander Sprinkle 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."
tagline: "American football player (1923–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Sprinkle_(Bowman).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1923-09-03"
deathDate: "2014-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.29
  momentum:             8.727272727272727
  historical:           5.476458666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle"
    title: "Ed Sprinkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "إد سبرينكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "اد سبرينكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle"
    title: "Ed Sprinkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle"
    title: "Ed Sprinkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle"
    title: "Ed Sprinkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump