Bob Spargo, Sr.

Bob Spargo
Personal information
Full name	Bob Spargo
Date of birth	7 July 1913
Date of death	14 May 1994 (aged 80)
Original team(s)	Riversides
Height / weight	175 cm / 69 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934–41 1942	Footscray Melbourne	65 (6) 2 (0) 67 (6)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.

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 Robert and Ricky also both played for Footscray Football Club.

Spargo was an accomplished professional athlete who was placed 3rd in both the 1936 and 1940 Stawell Gift finals. In 1936 he was 3rd off 9¾yds to Roy McCann and in 1940 he was 3rd off 8yds to Alex Reid.

Notes

1. 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.

• Watt, Gary (2008). Stawell Gift Almanac 1st ed. Legacy Books.

External links

• Bob Spargo, Sr.'s statistics from AFL Tables