Cleghorn is featured prominently in Canadian author Paul Quarrington's 1987 book King Leary, as the on-ice rival to protagonist Percival Leary.
The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp | Sprague's Pipit | Sprague Cleghorn | Charles Sprague Pearce | Sprague, Manitoba | J. Russell Sprague | Frank J. Sprague | Sprague, Washington | John W. Sprague | Jack Sprague | Franklin B. Sprague | Ed Sprague, Sr. | Ed Sprague, Jr. | Cleghorn, Wisconsin | Cleghorn | Charles Sprague Sargent | Charles F. Sprague | Charles A. Sprague |
Prior to the start of this season, the NHL's first multiple-player trade in its history was made when Billy Coutu and Sprague Cleghorn of the Hamilton Tigers were traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Harry Mummery, Amos Arbour, and Cully Wilson.