John Sparrow (footballer)

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John Sparrow
Personal information
Full name John Paul Sparrow [1]
Date of birth (1957-06-03) 3 June 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Bethnal Green, London, England [2]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Senrab
Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1981 Chelsea 63 (2)
1979 → Millwall (loan) 7 (0)
1981–1983 Exeter City 62 (3)
Sutton United
Total132(5)
International career
1972 England Schoolboys 8 (2)
1975 England Youth 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Paul Sparrow (born 3 June 1957) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back. [2]

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Club career

Born in Bethnal Green, Sparrow started his career with Senrab, before moving to Chelsea and signing professionally in 1974. [3] He made his debut at the age of sixteen, in a 3–0 win over Burnley. Unable to ever tie down a first-team position, he was loaned to Millwall in 1979, and eventually sold to Exeter City in 1981 for £10,000. After two years with Exeter City, he moved to Sutton United. [4]

Following his retirement, Sparrow went on to run The Oxford Arms in Hanworth Middlesex [5]

Personal life

He was the older brother of fellow professional footballer Brian Sparrow.

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References

  1. ↑ John Sparrow at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "John Sparrow". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. ↑ The Blue Day Podcast- Episode 46- John Sparrow Interview on YouTube
  4. ↑ "The Grecian Archive: John Sparrow". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Where are they now: John Sparrow". where-are-they-now.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
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