Cecil Sturgeon

{{Short description|American football player (1919–1972)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| number = 71

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|6|27}}

| birth_place = Carnduff, Saskatchewan, CAN

| death_date = February 1972 (aged 52)

| college = North Dakota State

| position = Tackle

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1941}})
• Wilmington Clippers (1941)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 6

| pfr = SturCe20

}}

Cecil Owen "Dick" Sturgeon (June 27, 1919{{spaced ndash}}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.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87501216/|title=Power on Clipper Line|newspaper=Wilmington Morning News|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 10, 1941|access-date=November 12, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87501312/|title=Clippers Lose Star Lineman, Other Returns|newspaper=Every Evening|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 9, 1942|access-date=November 12, 2021}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87502351/|title=Whispers from Camp White|newspaper=Mail Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 8, 1943|access-date=November 12, 2021}} 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.{{cite news|last=Feder|first=Sid|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87503633/|title=Army and Air Force Play in Spaghetti Bowl New Year's|agency=AP|newspaper=Missoulian|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 23, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021}}