Harold Sparkes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Sparkes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Glossop, England | ||
| Date of death | 3 June 1917 (aged 21)[2] | ||
| Place of death | near Arras, France | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1915 | Glossop | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harold Sparkes (1896 – 3 June 1917) was an English amateur footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Glossop.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Sparkes took an apprenticeship as a plumber and later worked as a clerk.[3] On 11 June 1915, 10 months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the Royal Scots.[3] After being posted to France in October 1915, he saw action at the Battle of Loos and later suffered a gunshot wound to the head near Ploegsteert, Belgium on 12 May 1916.[3] After recovering in Britain, he returned to the Western Front in December 1916.[3] Sparkes was killed east of Arras, France on 3 June 1917, during the Battle of Arleux.[3] He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Glossop | 1914–15[3] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 273. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Harold Sparkes". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
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