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Sproule's uncle, John Head, had been a Milton town councillor, and a business merchant in Milton since at least 1881, selling men's and women's clothing, before getting a customs job in
Toronto and moving there with the family in the mid-1890s. In 1901, Sproule and his sister were still living with
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Sproule as secretary-treasurer and business manager. During the season, Sproule became head coach of the team and held the job until the end of the 1919–20 season. In the last game of the season, which was meaningless as Toronto would not advance to the Stanley Cup Finals that year, a zealous
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and other publications, usually about horse racing. In 1914, he was quoted in the Ottawa
Citizen as being opposed to the installation of "iron men" betting machines at Ottawa's horse racing track, arguing that the clientele that frequented smaller locations still preferred to bet on the books.
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Sproule may have gained an interest in curling early in life from his Uncle John Head. In 1928, Sproule threw third stones for the Lakeview Curling Club team under skip Charles Snow that finished in a three-way tie for first place through the round-robin at the
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fan presented coach
Sproule with "a loving cup" during the second intermission, with Toronto beating Montreal 8-2 at that point. NHL record books list him as coaching 12 games with a record of seven wins and five losses.
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Partnered with Paul Ciceri, Sproule owned the
Coronado racing stable. Sproule's horse named Rocksilk won the first race on the programme for Canadian-bred horses at the 1920
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Toronto's Beaches Hockey League to grant soldiers the same privileges in the BHL as they had in the OHA at the time.
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their Uncle John Head and his wife Mary in west Toronto. In 1905, Sproule's sister Mildred died at age 20 at their uncle's home.
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