Harold Sparkes

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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]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 273. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Harold Sparkes". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
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