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Dave Sparks

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Position(s)
  
Offensive lineman

College
  
South Carolina

Name
  
Dave Sparks


Date of birth
  
(1928-04-28)April 28, 1928

Place of birth
  
Arlington County, Virginia

Date of death
  
December 17, 1954(1954-12-17) (aged 26)

NFL draft
  
1951 / Round: 15 / Pick: 173

David Walter Sparks (April 28, 1928 – December 17, 1954) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of South Carolina and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft.

In 1954, Sparks died from a heart attack at age 26 during his career with the Washington Redskins.

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Dave Sparks Wikipedia