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English footballer

John Sparrow
Personal information
Full name John Paul Sparrow
Date of birth (1957-06-03) 3 June 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Bethnal Green, London, England
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Senrab
Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1981 Chelsea 63 (2)
1979 → Millwall (loan) 7 (0)
1981–1983 Exeter City 62 (3)
Sutton United
Total 132 (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.

Club career

Born in Bethnal Green, Sparrow started his career with Senrab, before moving to Chelsea and signing professionally in 1974. 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.

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

Personal life

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

References

  1. John Sparrow at WorldFootball.net
  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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