Bob Spargo Sr.
Bob Spargo | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Bob Spargo | ||
Date of birth | 7 July 1913 | ||
Date of death | 14 May 1994 80) | (aged||
Original team(s) | Riversides | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1934–41 | Footscray | 65 (6) | |
1942 | Melbourne | 2 (0) | |
Total | 67 (6) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Bob Spargo (7 July 1913 – 14 May 1994) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Spargo's two sons Bob Jr and Ricky also both played for Footscray Football Club. His grandson Paul and great-grandson Charlie both played for Melbourne Football Club.[2]
Spargo was an accomplished professional athlete who was placed 3rd in both the 1936 and 1940 Stawell Gift finals.[3] In 1936 he was 3rd off 9¾yds to Roy McCann and in 1940 he was 3rd off 8yds to Alex Reid.
Notes
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 786. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ↑ "Four-gen footy family: Young Dee to make history". AFL NSW / ACT. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ↑ Morris, Tom (21 November 2017). "AFL draft 2017: Charlie Spargo a pocket rocket that looms as fourth generation VFL/AFL player". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- Watt, Gary (2008). Stawell Gift Almanac 1st ed. Legacy Books.
External links
- Bob Spargo Sr.'s playing statistics from AFL Tables
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