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Charles Sprigg
English footballer
Charles Sprigg[lower-alpha 1] (1889–1969) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham. He played as an outside left.[2]
Sprigg was born in Smethwick, which was then in Staffordshire. He played local football before joining Birmingham in November 1912.[3] He made his debut in the Second Division on 28 December 1912, in a home game against Bradford which finished as a 1–1 draw. He played in the next four games,[5] and then left the club, only to return in 1914 having spent the intervening period playing for Redditch Town. He played nine more games before the First World War put a stop to the Football League. In 1915 he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery.[3]
Sprigg died in Birmingham in 1969 at the age of 79.[6]