Cecil Sturgeon

Games played	6
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Cecil Sturgeon
No. 71
Position	Tackle
Personal information
Born	June 27, 1919; Carnduff, Saskatchewan, CAN
Died	February 1972 (aged 52)
Career information
College	North Dakota State
Career history
	Philadelphia Eagles (1941); Wilmington Clippers (1941);
Career statistics
Games played
Games played	6
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
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Cecil Owen "Dick" Sturgeon^[1] (June 27, 1919 – February 1972) was an American football offensive tackle. He attended North Dakota State University.

In 1941, he played in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles before joining the Wilmington Clippers for the rest of the year. In addition to playing both offense and defense for the Clippers, he worked at the Pusey & Jones shipyard in Wilmington.^[1]^[2]

During World War II, Sturgeon joined the United States Army in 1942 and worked in the military police for the 91st Division based at Camp White.^[3] He eventually went overseas and served with the United States Fifth Army. In 1945, he participated in the Spaghetti Bowl football game in Italy, where he was the captain of the Fifth Army team.^[4]

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