Percy Sparks (footballer)

Percy Sparks
Personal information
Full name Percival Arthur Sparks
Date of birth (1887-10-18)18 October 1887
Place of birth Allendale, Victoria
Date of death 18 April 1953(1953-04-18) (aged 65)
Place of death Caulfield, Victoria
Original team(s) Stawell
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 Richmond 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percival Arthur Sparks (18 October 1887 – 18 April 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Arthur Hamilton Sparks (1864-1908),[2] and Abbey Maria Sparks (1859-1903), née Carolan, Percival Arthur Sparks was born at Allendale, Victoria on 18 October 1887.

He married Mary Josephine Chisholm on 11 May 1916.[3]

Death

He died on 18 April 1953.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.838.
  2. ^ Deaths: Sparks, The Age, (Tuesday, 3 March 1908), p.1.
  3. ^ Sparks—Chisholm, The Australasian, (Saturday, 1 July 1916), p.57.
  4. ^ Deaths: Sparks, The Age, (Tuesday, 21 April 1953), p.8.
  5. ^ Percy Sparks passes away, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 22 April 1953), p.14.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Tribute to OTBA Identity, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 6 July 1949), p.18.</ref>


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