William Earl Sprackling (September 6, 1890 – May 27, 1980) was an American football quarterback. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sprackling was the quarterback for the Brown University football team in 1909, 1910, and 1911. He was selected as an All-American at the quarterback position in 1910 and has been rated as the best college football player in the United States in 1910. Football player All-American A historic account of Sprackling refers to him as a "cocky little quarterback" who weighed only 155 pounds. Another account referred to him as "[a] heady field general, clever in the open, a deadly tackler and an expert field goal kicker." Ivy League historian George Trevor called him an "eye-dazzler in the open field, a flashy punt-handler and bulls-eye passer. In addition, he could drop-kick field goals from nearly mid-field under pressure. As a quarterback, he was a marvel at calling plays, picking out soft spots in the defense of an opponent unerringly." Despite his size, Sprackling was chosen by Walter Camp for his All-America teams three times, as a third-team selection in 1909, a first-team selection in 1910, and a second-team selection in 1911. He was reportedly the unanimous choice of all the experts to pick an All-American team in 1910, including Camp (published in Collier's Weekly), the Evening Standard (determined by the consensus among the various Eastern football experts who picked All-American teams), Leslie's Weekly (compiled by Edward R. Bushnell, by polling 16 Eastern experts), and W.S. Farnsworth, (for the New York Evening Journal). The "ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game" reviewed the records of college football in the years before the Heisman Trophy was awarded and selected one player each year as the deserving recipient if the Heisman had been awarded in the early years of college football. Sprackling was selected as the deserving recipient for 1910. Sprackling was also picked as the top player of 1910 in a 1913 article identifying the top football player of each year from 1902–1912. Sports Illustrated reached the same conclusion in a 2008 article picking the players deserving of the Heisman from the game's early years: "Sprackling had a fine season, but one game won him the Heisman. Brown had not won a game over Yale until Spackling helped guide his club past the Elis in 1910." Sprackling