Alfred Benjamin Sparks (7 January 1903 – 10 April 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Alf Sparks
Personal information
Full name Alfred Benjamin Sparks
Date of birth (1903-01-07)7 January 1903
Place of birth Avoca, Victoria
Date of death 10 April 1954(1954-04-10) (aged 51)
Place of death Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s) Avoca
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926 Collingwood 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of George Metcalfe Sparks (1870-1947),[2] and Mary May Sparks (1975-1949), née Impey,[3] Alfred Benjamin Sparks — known as "Tom" or "Tommy" to his family — was born at Avoca, Victoria on 7 January 1903.

He married Eliza Clare Grimster (1901-1972) in 1940.

Football

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Recruited from Avoca, he played in three consecutive First XVIII games with Collingwood in 1926.

Death

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He died at his residence in Prahran, Victoria on 10 April 1954.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.837.
  2. ^ Deaths: Sparks, The Argus, (Monday, 22 December 1947), p.9.
  3. ^ Deaths: Sparks, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 April 1949), p.9.
  4. ^ "Deaths: Sparks". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 12 April 1954. p. 10.

References

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  • 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.
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