title: Percy Sparks (footballer)
text: # Percy Sparks (footballer)
  
  Percival Arthur Sparks (18 October 1887 – 18 April 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Arthur Hamilton Sparks (1864-1908), and Abbey Maria Sparks (1859-1903), née Carolan, Percival Arthur Sparks was born at Allendale, Victoria on 18 October 1887.
  
  He married Mary Josephine Chisholm on 11 May 1916.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died on 18 April 1953.
  
  