Ricky Spargo

Ricky Spargo
Ricky Spargo
Personal information
Full name	Richard Allan Spargo
Date of birth	21 August 1947 (age 75)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s)	Rover / Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club
1966–71	Footscray
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1971.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated March 19, 2023

Ricky Spargo (born 21 August 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). ^[1]

Like his father Bob senior who had run third in both the 1936 and 1940 Stawell Gift finals, Ricky was also a well performed professional runner, finishing fifth in the 1974 Stawell Gift final.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 837. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

Watt, Gary (2008). Stawell Gift Almanac 1st ed. Legacy Books. Page 217.

External links

Ricky Spargo's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ricky Spargo at AustralianFootball.com
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110773145?searchTerm=1974%20Stawell%20Gift&searchLimits=

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 837. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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