Alf Sparks Explained

Alf Sparks
Fullname:	Alfred Benjamin Sparks
Birth Date:	7 January 1903
Birth Place:	Avoca, Victoria
Death Place:	Prahran, Victoria
Originalteam:	Avoca
Height:	170 cm
Weight:	66 kg
Statsend:	1926
Years1:	1926
Games Goals1:	3 (0)

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]

Family

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

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

Death

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

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

External links

• • • Alf Sparks's profile at Collingwood Forever

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.837.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22534371 Deaths: Sparks, The Argus, (Monday, 22 December 1947), p.9.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22723013 Deaths: Sparks, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 April 1949), p.9.
4. News: Deaths: Sparks . The Argus . Victoria, Australia . 12 April 1954 . 10.