was recognized as the greatest football player of 1910 despite competing against Jim Thorpe. Sprackling later recalled playing against Thorpe and the Carlisle team: "I tripped Jim Thorpe instead of tackling him. The fans gave me the booing I deserved." 1910 Yale game Sprackling won his greatest acclaim for his performance in Brown's November 1910 victory over Yale. In 18 prior matches, Brown had never beaten Yale. Sprackling played a central role in the victory, kicking three field goals, completing five of six passes for 180 yards and a touchdown, carrying the ball nine times for 36 yards, and returning 13 punts for 150 yards and five kickoffs for 90 yards. Brown had 608 total yards in the Yale game, and Sprackling was responsible for 456 of them. After the game, Brown students "carried Sprack on their shoulders, hugged and patted him and then the girls started to kissing him." Walter Camp wrote the following about Sprackling's performance against Yale: "Rarely has a quarterback on an American college eleven come out of a big contest with so fine a record. Sprackling by his unexcelled play in every department demonstrated more clearly than ever that he is the best quarterback in the country." In 1960, Sprackling and other members of the 1910 team that beat Yale was honored at a 50th anniversary reunion of the team. Top scorer in 1911 Sprackling was also selected as the captain of the 1911 Brown Bears football team. During the 1911 season, Sprackling scored 44 points, including seven touchdowns and three field goals. This was a higher point total than any other Eastern football player in 1911. Also in 1911, Sprackling wrote an article about playing the quarterback position that was published in newspapers. Among other things, Sprackling gave advice on signal calling:"A team is guided by signals by the quarterback and he should know them by heart, frontwards, backwards and in his dreams. He should give them in a low, smooth, even tone, not in a series of short, shrill, jerky numbers. The tone should come from the diaphragm and not the chest." College Football Hall of Fame In 1964, Sprackling was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. His biography at the Hall of Fame notes:"Bill Sprackling was Brown University's original 'Defiant One'. A peppery field general, Sprackling frequently chided his teammates over missed assignments and teased opponents with his refusal to