Percy_Sparks_(footballer)

Percy Sparks (footballer)

Percy Sparks (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

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]

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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. [1]
    Holmesby & Main (2014), p.838.
  2. [2]
    Deaths: Sparks, The Age, (Tuesday, 3 March 1908), p.1.
  3. [3]
    Sparks—Chisholm, The Australasian, (Saturday, 1 July 1916), p.57.
  4. [4]
    Deaths: Sparks, The Age, (Tuesday, 21 April 1953), p.8.
  5. [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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